How to collect data in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit?
Journal Title: Medicine in Evolution - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 4
Abstract
Data collection requires impressive resources using both human and technological tools. In the HealthCare System in general, and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in particular, there is an impressive amount of valuable data lost during continuous patient monitoring. The aim of this study is to bring a new technological means of continuous data collection (in the NICU) during patient monitoring using open source hardware and software. Material and methods. For creating a data collection system in the NICU we used: a Raspberry Pi 3B (RPi), a pulse oximeter for neonatal use (Masimo Radical 7 Rainbow Pulse CO-oximeter) and Python v. 2.7 as programming language. Results: Real time data collection from the NICU during continuous patient monitoring was performed. The collected data consists of the patient's heart rate, oxygen saturation and perfusion index. Conclusions: In Neonatology and any other medical field most scientific research requires a large amount of data that can be easily acquired using open-source hardware and software with a great accuracy and low costs.
Authors and Affiliations
Nyiredi A. , Lihu A. , Iacob D. , Ilie C.
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