Evaluation and Implementation of Mobile Tracking Devices to Increase Safety in Hospitalized Patients (MONITOR)

Evaluation and Implementation of Mobile Tracking Devices to Increase Safety in Hospitalized Patients - MONITOR 2022

The study investigates the technical feasibility of using mobile health trackers for monitoring of hospitalized patients. Therefore the measurement accuracy of several vital parameters in postoperative hospitalized patients will be compared to clinical gold standard. Factors that could have an influence on the measurement accuracy of the mobile sensors will be investigated.Furthermore patient compliance in continous use of mobile health trackers and technical feasibility of needed data flow will be analyzed. In addition, patients' activity levels are recorded and correlated with various clinical parameters.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with elective surgery (≥ 18 years).
• Written informed consent to participate in the study
• Planned invasive arterial blood pressure measurement

Exclusion Criteria:

• Postoperative invasive ventilation
• American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) Class V
• Outpatient surgical procedure
• Previous participation in this study
• Patients unable to give consent or patients who do not have adequate German language skills
• Suspected lack of compliance
• Skin lesions of the forearms or inability to wear a tracking device
• Known allergy to latex/silicone/nickel