Heart Rate Variability Measured from Wearable Devices as a Marker of Disease Severity in Tetanus.

ABSTRACT: Tetanus is a disease associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Heart rate variability (HRV) is an objective clinical marker with potential value in tetanus. This study aimed to investigate the use of wearable devices to collect HRV data and the relationship between HRV and tetanus severity. Data were collected from 110 patients admitted to the intensive care unit in a tertiary hospital in Vietnam. HRV indices were calculated from 5-minute segments of 24-hour electrocardiogram recordings collected using wearable devices. HRV was found to be inversely related to disease severity. The standard deviation of NN intervals and interquartile range of RR intervals (IRRR) were significantly associated with the presence of muscle spasms; low frequency (LF) and high frequency (HF) indices w

SUBMITTER: Hai HB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10793034 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature