These procedures currently involve inserting catheters deep inside patients’ arteries and tethering patients to multiple hospital monitors. One soft skin patch that can do it all would also offer a convenient alternative for patients in intensive care units, including infants in the NICU, who need continuous monitoring of blood pressure and other vital signs. It could also be used to detect the onset of sepsis, which is characterized by a sudden drop in blood pressure accompanied by a rapid rise in lactate level. Such a device could benefit individuals managing high blood pressure and diabetes-individuals who are also at high risk of becoming seriously ill with COVID-19. “It would also serve as a great tool for remote patient monitoring, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic when people are minimizing in-person visits to the clinic.” student at UC San Diego and co-first author of the study published Feb. “This type of wearable would be very helpful for people with underlying medical conditions to monitor their own health on a regular basis,” said Lu Yin, a nanoengineering Ph.D. It is the first wearable device that monitors cardiovascular signals and multiple biochemical levels in the human body at the same time. Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a soft, stretchy skin patch that can be worn on the neck to continuously track blood pressure and heart rate while measuring the wearer’s levels of glucose as well as lactate, alcohol or caffeine.
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