Authors
Ali S. Al-Mejrad*
Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical
Sciences University of Hail, Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
*Email: [email protected]
Corresponding Author
Ali S. Al-Mejrad
Received 3 November 2020, Accepted 9 April 2021, Available Online 28 May
2021.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2991/jrnal.k.210521.009
Keywords
Wireless temperature monitoring system; wireless sensor network; data logging;
alarming system
Abstract
Fever is one of the most common concern to be taken care by parents which
sometimes force them to bring their children to the hospital emergency
for continuous following up especially at night when sleeping. Fever is
defined when the rectal temperature reaches over 38.0°C (100.4°F). Temperatures
measured from other sites of body are usually less. There is no defined
threshold for fever due to variation of body temperatures between different
individuals as much as 1°F. Fever itself is not life threatening unless
the rectal temperature is persistent over than 41.6°C (107°F). Fever may
be due to a serious illness such as COVID-19 and usually is caused by common
infections, which are not serious. However, a fever can be caused by other
reasons other than infections. Since continuous temperature monitoring
is inapplicable at the rectal site, the paper aims at developing a real-time
system using wireless sensor network for wireless continuous fever monitoring
on the head skin or wrist, which are the most applicable area with suitable
compensation for the read temperature correction. The system can record
the temperature on the patient’s side who is required to be isolated and
transmit the fever status and critical situations to an alarming system
on the side of taking-care people. This system will help in in-home care
for pediatrics suffering from fever and especially during the COVID-19
Pandemic.
Copyright
© 2021 The Author. Published by ALife Robotics Corp. Ltd.
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