Background: Finger pulse oximeters are widely used to monitor physiological responses to
high-altitude exposure, the progress of acclimatization, and/or the potential development of …

Background eHealth monitoring technologies offer opportunities to more objectively assess
symptoms when they appear in daily life. Asthma is the most common chronic disease in …

Globally, health systems are faced with the difficult challenge of how to get the best results
with the often limited number of health workers available to them. Exacerbating this …

This research aims to develop a cost-effective IoT-based remote health monitoring system
tailored for asthma patients to provide real-time feedback and hence minimize the necessity …

Diagnosing asthma is challenging. Misdiagnosis can lead to untreated symptoms, incorrect
treatment and avoidable deaths. The best combination of clinical features and tests to …

With ever growing interest in far-reaching solutions for pervasive healthcare and medicine,
polymer optical fibers have been rendered into textile forms. Having both fiber-optic …

Background Accurate symptom assessment remains challenging in teen populations. Little
is known of usual symptom/response patterns, and self‐reported paper diaries have …

The number of patients suffering from asthma, especially in air-polluted regions, has
dramatically risen. Thus, the need for a wearable system that is able to monitor the patient's …

Background. The primary goal of asthma management is to achieve good asthma control.
However, poor patient‐physician communication, unavailability of appropriate medications …

BACKGROUND: Pulse oximetry measurement is ubiquitous in acute health care settings in
high-income countries and is familiar to any parent whose child has been treated in such a …