A Contact-Free Optical Device for the Detection of Pulmonary Congestion-A Pilot Study

• Published in: Biosensors (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 10; p. 833
• Main Authors: Merdler, Ilan, Hochstadt, Aviram, Ghantous, Eihab, Lupu, Lior, Borohovitz, Ariel, Zahler, David, Taieb, Philippe, Sadeh, Ben, Zalevsky, Zeev, Garcia-Monreal, Javier, Shergei, Michael, Shatsky, Maxim, Beck, Yoav, Polani, Sagi, Arbel, Yaron
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.10.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Accuracy; Algorithms; Auscultation; camera; Cardiology; Congestion; Congestive heart failure; contact-free; Diagnosis; Diagnosis, Noninvasive; Heart failure; Heart Failure - diagnosis; Heart rate; Hospitalization; Humans; increased lung fluid content; Lung; Lungs; Machine learning; Measuring instruments; Methods; Optical Devices; Optical instruments; Patients; Pilot Projects; Pulmonary Edema - diagnosis; remote monitoring; Respiration disorders; Sound; Telemedicine; Ultrasonic imaging; United States; Vibration; Vibration measurement; United States; Israel; heart failure; remote monitoring; camera; increased lung fluid content; congestion; contact-free

The cost of heart failure hospitalizations in the US alone is over USD 10 billion per year. Over 4 million Americans are hospitalized every year due to heart failure (HF), with a median length of stay of 4 days and an in-hospital mortality rate that exceeds 5%. Hospitalizations of patients with HF c...