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Evaluation of a Wearable in-Ear Sensor for Temperature and Heart Rate Monitoring: A Pilot Study

Journal

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SYSTEMS
Volume 46, Issue 12, Pages -

Publisher

SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-022-01872-6

Keywords

Body core temperature; Heart rate; Ear-sensor; Thermometer; Postoperative monitoring; Wearable sensors

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  1. Projekt DEAL

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This pilot study evaluated the accuracy of a wearable in-ear sensor for monitoring body temperature and heart rate during non-cardiac surgery. The results showed that the sensor provided reliable measurements of body temperature and heart rate.
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, wearable sensors are important for early detection of critical illness especially in COVID-19 outpatients. We sought to determine in this pilot study whether a wearable in-ear sensor for continuous body temperature and heart rate monitoring (Cosinuss company, Munich) is sufficiently accurate for body temperature and heart rate monitoring. Comparing with several anesthesiologic standard of care monitoring devices (urinary bladder and zero-heat flux thermometer and ECG), we evaluated the in-ear sensor during non-cardiac surgery (German Clinical Trials Register Reg.-No: DRKS00012848). Limits of Agreement (LoA) based on Bland-Altman analysis were used to study the agreement between the in-ear sensor and the reference methods. The estimated LoA of the Cosinuss One and bladder temperature monitoring were [-0.79, 0.49] degrees C (95% confidence intervals [-1.03, -0.65] (lower LoA) and [0.35, 0.73] (upper LoA)), and [-0.78, 0.34] degrees C (95% confidence intervals [-1.18, -0.59] (lower LoA) and [0.16, 0.74] (upper LoA)) of the Cosinuss One and zero-heat flux temperature monitoring. 89% and 79% of Cosinuss One temperature monitoring were within +/- 0.5 degrees C limit of bladder and zero-heat flux monitoring, respectively. The estimated LoA of Cosinuss One and ECG heart rate monitoring were [-4.81, 4.27] BPM (95% confidence intervals [-5.09, -4.56] (lower LoA) and [4.01, 4.54] (upper LoA)). The proportion of detection differences within +/- 2BPM was 84%. Body temperature and heart rate were reliably measured by the wearable in-ear sensor.

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