Hospital Based Continuous Patient Monitoring System

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age3-18
SponsorUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

About this trial

In Ghana, and many other low and middle income countries in Africa, manual vital signs monitoring is the prevalent mode of vital signs monitoring because continuous bedside monitors are non-functional. This lack of continuous vital signs monitoring may result in missed opportunities to catch physiologic deterioration.

The investigators propose to develop a dashboard that is based on the Garmin Venu 3, a consumer wearable device that reliably measures heart rate, SPO2, and respiratory rate, as an alternative to bedside monitors in hospitals in Ghana.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Pediatric patients presenting with traumatic injury

Pediatric patients postoperative status after an appendectomy

Disqualifiers

Pediatric patients missing their upper limbs,

Pediatric patients who cannot wear a Fitbit on their wrist for known allergies to rubber or those with traumatic or medical conditions that prevent them from being able to comfortably wear a Fitbit on either hand

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Consumer Wearable Device Vital Sign Measurement

Treatment groups

250 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Locations

This trial has no locations

Sponsors and collaborators

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Lead sponsor

Northwestern University

Collaborator

University of Chicago

Collaborator

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Collaborator

University of Ghana

Collaborator

Loyola University

Collaborator

Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health

Collaborator

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Collaborator