A Smart, "Always -On" Health Monitoring System

A Smart, "Always -On" Health Monitoring System, Sub-Study: No Strings Attached: Wireless Sensor Technology in the Prentice NICU

This is a pilot study is to test a wireless, skin-sensor device against current technology in the NICU to monitor vitals

This is a single center, prospective, observational study that will recruit subjects from Lurie Children's Hospital and Prentice Women's Hospital to test a new wireless vitals monitor against the current vitals monitors used in the NICU. Patients will be neonates in different age brackets.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Neonates in different age cohorts from ages 25 weeks gestational age to fullterm infants or infants up to 6 months of age, selected with assistance of NICU staff
• Currently in NICU and requiring monitoring for heart rate, ECG, respiratory rate, temperature, and pulse oximetry
• Parents able to understand and provide informed consent for study
• Infants enrolled in the Pre-Vent study (sub-study only)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Over 6 months of age
• Hemodynamic or other instability precluding testing of new monitoring with concurrent standards
• Infants at imminent risk of death and neonates with a skin abnormality that precludes assessment