VITAL-SIGN DATA FUSION MODELS FOR POST-OPERATIVE PATIENTS

Marco A. F. Pimentel, David A. Clifton, Lei Clifton, Peter J. Watkinson, Lionel Tarassenko

2012

Abstract

Deterioration in Patients who undergo upper-gastrointestinal surgery may be evident in the vital signs prior to adverse events. A dataset comprising observational vital-sign data from 128 post-operative patients was used to explore the trajectory of patients vital-sign changes during their stay in the post-operative ward. A model of normality based on pre-discharge data from patients who had a “normal” recovery was constructed using kernel density estimates, and tested with “abnormal” data from patients who deteriorate sufficiently to be re-admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. The results suggest that the criticality of post-operative patients can be evaluated by assessment of the distributions of their vital signs after their admission to the post-operative ward.

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in Harvard Style

A. F. Pimentel M., A. Clifton D., Clifton L., J. Watkinson P. and Tarassenko L. (2012). VITAL-SIGN DATA FUSION MODELS FOR POST-OPERATIVE PATIENTS . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2012) ISBN 978-989-8425-89-8, pages 410-413. DOI: 10.5220/0003789104100413


in Bibtex Style

@conference{biosignals12,
author={Marco A. F. Pimentel and David A. Clifton and Lei Clifton and Peter J. Watkinson and Lionel Tarassenko},
title={VITAL-SIGN DATA FUSION MODELS FOR POST-OPERATIVE PATIENTS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={410-413},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003789104100413},
isbn={978-989-8425-89-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2012)
TI - VITAL-SIGN DATA FUSION MODELS FOR POST-OPERATIVE PATIENTS
SN - 978-989-8425-89-8
AU - A. F. Pimentel M.
AU - A. Clifton D.
AU - Clifton L.
AU - J. Watkinson P.
AU - Tarassenko L.
PY - 2012
SP - 410
EP - 413
DO - 10.5220/0003789104100413