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Wireless Sensor Networks in Intensive Care Units

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Naturais::Ciências da Computação e da Informação
datacite.subject.fosEngenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Jorge Sá
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Álvaro
dc.contributor.authorMota Pinto, Filipe
dc.contributor.authorSimek, Milan
dc.contributor.authorBoavida, Fernando
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-06T15:32:09Z
dc.date.available2025-06-06T15:32:09Z
dc.date.issued2009-06
dc.descriptionArticle number 5208086 - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC 2009, 14 June 2009 through 18 June 2009 - Code 78408
dc.description.abstractKnowledge of patients weight is essential for daily practice in intensive care units. Many medications, including anticoagulants, nutrition, antibiotics and vasopressors are dependent on weight and height for precise dosing. Patients weight is used to adjust the dose of many drugs, and the dosages of infusions of vasoactive drugs are expressed in micrograms per kilogram of body weight per minute so that cardiovascular function can be assessed and comparisons between patients can be made. This paper presents a new laboratorial prototype based on Wireless Sensor Networks to measure weight of patients. The technology proposed presents several advantages like simplicity and robustness, resulting in an alternative approach that can be used massively replacing old and expensive solutions in Intensive Care Units. The platform implemented monitors the weight of each bedfast patient, triggering an alarm every time an unusual situation occurs. It also provides a complete suite of tools to manage, access and control all situations related to each patient.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipThe work presented in this paper was partially financed by the IST FP6 0384239 NoE - Content Networks and Services for Home Users.
dc.identifier.citationR. Silva, J. S. Silva, A. Silva, F. C. Pinto, M. Simek and F. Boavida, "Wireless Sensor Networks in Intensive Care Units," 2009 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, Dresden, 2009, pp. 1-5, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCW.2009.5208086.
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/iccw.2009.5208086
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4244-3437-4
dc.identifier.issn2164-7038
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/13172
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherIEEE Canada
dc.relationIST FP6 0384239
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5208086
dc.relation.ispartof2009 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops
dc.rights.uriN/A
dc.subjectWireless sensor networks
dc.subjectPharmaceutical technology
dc.subjectDrugs
dc.subjectWireless application protocol
dc.subjectInformatics
dc.subjectAntibiotics
dc.subjectCardiology
dc.subjectLaboratories
dc.subjectPrototypes
dc.subjectWeight measurement
dc.titleWireless Sensor Networks in Intensive Care Unitseng
dc.typeconference paper
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferenceDate2009-06
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceDresden, Germany
oaire.citation.titleIEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC 2009
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person.familyNameMota Pinto
person.givenNameFilipe
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-7634-0296
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