Wireless Assessment of Respiratory and Circulatory Distress in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Validation Study

Wireless Assessment of Respiratory and Circulatory Distress in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Validation Study

For patients admitted to the medical ward, it is often difficult to predict if their clinical condition will deteriorate, however subtle changes in vital signs are usually present 8 to 24 hours before a life-threatening event such as respiratory failure leading to ICU admission, or unanticipated cardiac arrest. Such adverse trends in clinical observations can be missed, misinterpreted or not appreciated as urgent. New continuous and wearable 27/7 clinical vital parameter monitoring systems offer a unique possibility to identify clinical deterioration before patients condition progress beyond the point-of-no-return, where adverse events are inevitable. As part of the WARD-COPD project, this validation study aim to assess the accuracy of physiologic parameters derived from standard and wireless patient monitors

Inclusion Criteria:

- Adult patients admitted with AECOPD

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient expected not to cooperate
• Patient allergic to plaster, plastic or silicone
• Patients with pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) unit