DocumentCode :
674607
Title :
Sensitivity of a wearable bioimpedance monitor to changes in the thoracic fluid content of heart failure patients
Author :
Dovancescu, Silviu ; Torabi, Abdorreza ; Mabote, Thato ; Caffarel, Jennifer ; Kelkboom, Emile ; Aarts, Ronald ; Korsten, Erik ; Cleland, John
Author_Institution :
Philips Res., Eindhoven, Netherlands
fYear :
2013
fDate :
22-25 Sept. 2013
Firstpage :
927
Lastpage :
930
Abstract :
In the context of home telehealth, spectroscopic bioimpedance measurements have the potential to aid therapy guidance and health maintenance in patients at risk of abnormal fluid accumulation such as heart failure patients. To this aim, monitoring devices need to be sensitive to subtle changes in congestion and hemodynamics. In this study, we assess the sensitivity of a wearable trans-thoracic bioimpedance monitor (BIM) with textile electrodes to variations in the thoracic fluid content of heart failure patients induced by postural maneuvers and omission of medications such as diuretics. The results indicate that the BIM is able to follow these changes and that the largest effect size is accounted by the omission of heart failure medications.
Keywords :
bioelectric potentials; biomedical electrodes; biomedical telemetry; body sensor networks; diseases; electric impedance measurement; electrocardiography; haemodynamics; patient monitoring; sensitivity; abnormal fluid accumulation; congestion; diuretics; health maintenance; heart failure medications; heart failure patients; hemodynamics; home telehealth; medication omission; monitoring devices; postural maneuvers; size effect; spectroscopic bioimpedance measurements; textile electrodes; therapy guidance; thoracic fluid content; wearable bioimpedance monitor sensitivity; wearable transthoracic bioimpedance monitor; Abstracts; Hemodynamics; Legged locomotion; Pressure measurement; Standards;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computing in Cardiology Conference (CinC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Zaragoza
ISSN :
2325-8861
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0884-4
Type :
conf
Filename :
6713530
Link To Document :
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