Wireless connection of continuous glucose monitoring system to the electronic patient record

Alexandre Murakami; Marco Antonio Gutierrez; Silvia G Lage; Marina S. Rebelo; Luiz A. R. Granja; Jose A. F. Ramires

doi:10.1117/12.595838

15 April 2005 Wireless connection of continuous glucose monitoring system to the electronic patient record

Alexandre Murakami, Marco Antonio Gutierrez, Silvia G Lage, Marina S. Rebelo, Luiz A. R. Granja, Jose A. F. Ramires

Proceedings Volume 5748, Medical Imaging 2005: PACS and Imaging Informatics; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.595838
Event: Medical Imaging, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The control of blood sugar level (BSL) at near-normal levels has been documented to reduce both acute and chronic complications of diabetes mellitus. Recent studies suggested, the reduction of mortality in a surgical intensive care unit (ICU), when the BSL are maintained at normal levels. Despite of the benefits appointed by these and others clinical studies, the strict BSL control in critically ill patients suffers from some difficulties: a) medical staff need to measure and control the patient’s BSL using blood sample at least every hour. This is a complex and time consuming task; b) the inaccuracy of standard capillary glucose monitoring (fingerstick) in hypotensive patients and, if frequently used to sample arterial or venous blood, may lead to excess phlebotomy; c) there is no validated procedure for continuously monitoring of BSL levels. This study used the MiniMed CGMS in ill patients at ICU to send, in real-time, BSL values to a Web-Based Electronic Patient Record. The BSL values are parsed and delivered through a wireless network as an HL7 message. The HL7 messages with BSL values are collected, stored into the Electronic Patient Record and presented into a bed-side monitor at the ICU together with other relevant patient information.

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Alexandre Murakami, Marco Antonio Gutierrez, Silvia G Lage, Marina S. Rebelo, Luiz A. R. Granja, and Jose A. F. Ramires "Wireless connection of continuous glucose monitoring system to the electronic patient record", Proc. SPIE 5748, Medical Imaging 2005: PACS and Imaging Informatics, (15 April 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.595838

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