Identification of physiological adverse events using continuous vital signs monitoring during paediatric critical care transport: A novel data-driven approach.

ABSTRACT: Interhospital transport of critically unwell children exacerbates physiological stress, increasing the risk of deterioration during transport. Due to the nature of illness and interventions occurring in this cohort, defining "normal" vital sign ranges is impossible, which can make identifying deterioration events difficult. A novel data-driven approach was developed to identify adverse respiratory and cardiovascular events in critically ill children during interhospital transport. In this retrospective cohort study of 1,519 transports (July 2016 to May 2021), vital signs were recorded at one-second intervals and then analysed using an adaptation of Bollinger Bands, a technique borrowed from financial market analysis. This method dynamically established each patient's stable ranges for hear

SUBMITTER: Kapur M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12463272 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature