Early detection of SARS-CoV-2 and other infections in solid organ transplant recipients and household members using wearable devices.

ABSTRACT: The increasing global prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and the resulting COVID-19 disease pandemic pose significant concerns for clinical management of solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR). Wearable devices that can measure physiologic changes in biometrics including heart rate, heart rate variability, body temperature, respiratory, activity (such as steps taken per day) and sleep patterns, and blood oxygen saturation show utility for the early detection of infection before clinical presentation of symptoms. Recent algorithms developed using preliminary wearable datasets show that SARS-CoV-2 is detectable before clinical symptoms in >80% of adults. Early detection of SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and other pathogens in SOTR, and their household members, could facilitate early interventions such as se

SUBMITTER: Keating BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8250335 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature