Non-Invasive Continuous Respiratory Monitoring on General Hospital Wards: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Failure to recognize acute deterioration in hospitalized patients may contribute to cardiopulmonary arrest, unscheduled intensive care unit admission and increased mortality.

Purpose

In this systematic review we aimed to determine whether continuous non-invasive respiratory monitoring improves early diagnosis of patient deterioration and reduces critical incidents on hospital wards.

Data sources

Studies were retrieved from Medline, Embase, CINAHL, and the Cochrane library, searched from 1970 till October 25, 2014.

Study selection

Electronic databases were searched using keywords and corresponding synonyms 'ward', 'continuous', 'monitoring' and 'respiration'. Pediatric, fetal and animal studies were excluded.

Data extraction

Since no validated

SUBMITTER: van Loon K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4684230 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature