Inpatient cardiac monitoring using a patch-based mobile cardiac telemetry system during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a worldwide pandemic, and cardiovascular complications and arrhythmias in these patients are common. Cardiac monitoring is recommended for at risk patients; however, the availability of telemetry capable hospital beds is limited. We sought to evaluate a patch-based mobile telemetry system for inpatient cardiac monitoring during the pandemic.

Methods

A prospective cohort study was performed of inpatients hospitalized during the pandemic who had mobile telemetry devices placed; patients were studied up until the time of discharge or death. The primary outcome was a composite of management changes based on data obtained from the system and detection of new arrhythmias. Other clinical outcomes and performance characteristics of

SUBMITTER: Braunstein ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7461402 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature