Neonatal Monitoring

Author(s):  
Sidarto Bambang Oetomo ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
Loe Feijs

This chapter describes the current practice of monitoring vital health parameters in critically ill newborn infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). These infants are extremely tiny and vulnerable, so that special requirements are needed. After the first decades following the start of modern neonatology the focus shifted from management to keep the baby alive to strategies to improve the quality of life. In this respect monitoring of brain function became important. In addition there is gradually growing awareness that procedural pain, discomfort and excessive sensory stimuli are detrimental for the developing preterm infants. Therefore, the authors describe non-obtrusive monitoring technologies that meet their specific demands. The authors describe how neonatal monitoring has become a multidisciplinary area which involves a unique integration of knowledge from medical science, design, technology and social study

Author(s):  
Wei Chen ◽  
Sidarto Bambang Oetomo ◽  
Loe Feijs

This chapter focuses on monitoring vital health parameters for a particular group of patients - critically ill newborn infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) at hospitals. These neonates are extremely tiny and vulnerable. Thus, health monitoring for the neonates provides crucial parameters for urgent diagnoses and corresponding medical procedures, subsequently increasing the survival rates. Neonatal monitoring is a multidisciplinary area which involves a unique integration of knowledge from medical science, design, technology and social study. In this chapter, the authors introduce current status and new developments in neonatal monitoring. They present some ongoing research examples of non-invasive neonatal monitoring designed and developed at the department of Industrial Design and the department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in collaboration with the department of neonatology, Máxima Medical Center (MMC), Veldhoven, in the Netherlands, including the first prototype smart jacket, a wireless power supply and video signal processing for neonatal monitoring. Challenges and social impacts of non-invasive neonatal monitoring will be discussed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (58) ◽  
pp. 88-99
Author(s):  
Hermínia Moreira Coelho da Costa ◽  
Leonardo Pereira Dantas ◽  
Lucas Macedo Bezerra ◽  
Martha Maria Macêdo Bezerra

Resumo: A remoção rápida e com medidas de segurança de recém-nascidos (RNs) críticos, como por exemplo, os prematuros extremos e os com malformações congênitas complexas, nascidos em centros que apresentam insuficiência de recursos para Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal (UTIs) por meio de transporte inter-hospitalar é considerada uma das recomendações do Ministério da Saúde devido sua capacidade de diminuição significativa da mortalidade neonatal por causas evitáveis. Objetivo: caracterizar o transporte neonatal através do Serviço Aeromédico Metódos: Trata–se de um estudo de revisão integrativa, com abordagem descritiva e exploratória, sobre o tema: Atendimento de Pacientes Neonatais realizadas pelo Serviço Aeromédico. Para a realização da busca na Biblioteca Virtual da saúde (BVS), foram utilizadas combinações entre as seguintes palavras-chave, consideradas descritores no DeCS: “Neonatologia”, “Resgate aéreo” e “Urgência”. Os termos foram cruzados como descritores e também como palavras do título e do resumo. A busca foi realizada no período de Junho de 2019.Resultados e discussão: A literatura o Serviço Aeromédico é utilizado principalmente entre RNs de alto risco, no qual existem indicações pré-estabelecidas e com isso possibilita a introdução de melhores abordagens. No qual é necessário a utilização de materiais e protocolos pré-estabelcidos, como também uma equipe preparada para realização dos atendimentos nos pacientes neonatais. Conclusão: Diante dessa perspectiva é possível compreender que o avanço tecnológico alinhado ao desenvolvimento de uma medicina de qualidade pode proporcionar melhores abordagens aos pacientes neonatais e com isso estabelecer uma melhor qualidade de vida e diminuição da morbimortalidade destes pacientes.Descritores: Neonatologia, Resgate aéreo, Urgência. Abstract:The rapid and safe removal of critical newborn infants (RNs), such as premature infants and those with complex congenital malformations, born in centers that have insufficient resources for Neonatal Intensive Care Units (ICUs) by means of interhospital transportation is considered one of the recommendations of the Ministry of Health due to its capacity to significantly reduce neonatal mortality from preventable causes. Objective: to characterize neonatal transport through the Aeromedical Service Metódos: This is an integrative review study, with a descriptive and exploratory approach, on the topic: Attendance of Neonatal Patients performed by the Aeromedical Service. In order to perform the search in the Virtual Health Library (VHL), we used combinations of the following keywords, considered descriptors in DeCS: "Neonatology", "Air Rescue" and "Urgency". The terms were cross-referenced as descriptors and also as title and abstract words. The search was performed in June 2019. Results and discussion: The literature the Aeromedical Service is mainly used among high risk NBs, in which there are pre-established indications and with this allows the introduction of better approaches. In which it is necessary to use pre-established materials and protocols, as well as a team prepared to perform care in neonatal patients. Conclusion: In view of this perspective, it is possible to understand that the technological advances aligned to the development of a quality medicine can provide better approaches to neonatal patients and thus establish a better quality of life and decrease of the morbimortality of these patients.Keywords: Neonatology, Air rescue, Urgency 


Author(s):  
Wei Chen ◽  
Sibrecht Bouwstra

Health monitoring is crucial for the survival of ill and premature infants admitted at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in a hospital. The reliability and comfort of monitoring systems will impact on the quality of life and long-term health prospects of the neonates. This chapter presents the ongoing design work of a smart jacket for improving comfort of neonatal monitoring. Textile sensors, a reflectance pulse oximeter, and a wearable temperature sensor are developed to be embedded into the smart jacket. The authors also report a power supply and wireless communication system developed for the smart jacket. Sensor locations, materials, and appearance are designed to optimize the functionality, patient comfort and the possibilities for aesthetic features. Prototypes are presented for demonstrating the design concept, and experimental results for functional performance are shown from the tests on premature babies at the NICU of Máxima Medical Centre (MMC) in Veldhoven, the Netherlands.


Neonatology ◽  
2012 ◽  
pp. 136-144
Author(s):  
Liz McKechnie ◽  
Kathryn Johnson ◽  
Malcolm Levene

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 608-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana V Doubova ◽  
Heladia Josefa-García ◽  
Irma Alejandra Coronado-Zarco ◽  
Sandra Carrera-Muiños ◽  
Guadalupe Cordero-Gonzalez ◽  
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