Waveform-to-patient matching across room transfers in the emergency department

In the emergency department (ED), patients are often continuously monitored for physiologic deterioration. Signals used include electrocardiograms (ECGs), blood pressure waveforms, and respiratory waveforms. Due to the fast-paced and ambulatory nature of care in the ED, patient location is not always synchronized with waveform collection. The aim of our work is to link disparate waveforms belonging to the same patient. We utilize approximate admission and discharge times available from the ED administration database to delineate patient stays. We then use waveform-derived features of the ECG to link together sequential signals which are separated by variable time delays. The ultimate goal is to construct an openly available database of ED records with linked waveforms to stimulate research in emergency medicine.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2018

Author dc:creator

• Li, Andrea (Andrea Shao-Yin)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Roger Mark.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119739

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/119739