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Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings
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Significance: Monitoring vital signs for laboring women and their fetuses is foundational to the delivery of obstetrical care; however, monitoring platforms for pregnancy have undergone little innovation over the last several decades with many low-income settings lacking basic access. We report a new time-synchronized, flexible, and wireless sensor system applicable across the entire continuum of antepartum and postpartum care that provides continuous, comprehensive, and noninvasive monitoring (heart rate, respiratory rate, and pulse oxygenation) compatible with a wide range of mobile devices. This system offers advanced features such as continuous blood pressure, uterine electrohysterography, and automated body position classification. We further demonstrate the performance of this new system among pregnant individuals ( n = 576) in both high-resource settings and low-resource care settings.
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The paper reports a time-synchronized, wireless, soft, flexible sensor network for comprehensive maternal–fetal pregnancy monitoring across antepartum and postpartum care. It was tested in 576 pregnant individuals in high-resource Chicago and low-resource Lusaka, with comparisons against gold-standard monitors for vital signs, fetal heart rate, uterine contraction, and continuous blood pressure surrogates.
Key findings
- The system uses chest, limb, and abdominal sensors: chest and limb sensors operate for 24 h, the abdominal sensor for 8 h; the three sensors are time-synchronized with 1-ms timing accuracy and an SD of 3.6 ms over 24 consecutive hours.
- In 13 healthy nonpregnant adults, compared with a Philips Intellivue MP50, mean differences were −0.09 bpm for HR (SD 0.95 bpm), −0.19% for SpO2 (SD 1.68%), and −0.45 breaths per minute for RR (SD 1.64 breaths per minute), within FDA guidelines for new cardiopulmonary monitoring platforms.
- Fetal heart rate from the abdominal sensor compared with gold-standard Doppler in n = 10 laboring women across 3,213 single data points had a mean difference of 0.1 bpm (SD 1 bpm).
- In the total cohort of 576 pregnant people, 91 (16%) were recruited in Chicago using all three sensors and 485 (84%) in Lusaka using maternal sensors only; more than 85% of surveyed laboring people (41 of 48 respondents) and all 10 surveyed obstetrical providers reported a positive or very positive experience.
Methods
- Design and sample: field trials/validation among pregnant women at 25–41 wk gestation (n = 576), including 91 at Prentice Women’s Hospital in Chicago (59 nonstress testing, 32 active labor) and 485 in Lusaka, Zambia, as part of the LABOR study; additional validation included n = 13 healthy nonpregnant adults, n = 10 laboring women for FHR, and n = 3 healthy subjects for cold-pressor BP testing.
- Sensor construction: four-layer flexible printed circuit boards for chest and limb sensors, two-layer for the abdominal sensor, packaged in silicone; chest sensor measures ECG, SCG, chest-wall movement for RR, and skin temperature; limb sensor measures PPG and skin temperature; abdominal sensor measures Doppler ultrasound, EHG, and ECG.
- Analysis: real-time algorithms on mobile devices derived HR, SpO2, RR, temperature, FHR, uterine contraction, PAT-based BP, and body position; Bland–Altman comparisons were made against gold-standard systems; body position was classified using a Gaussian mixture model with n = 8 clusters merged into four postures; time-series heat maps were generated for HR, RR, SpO2, and derived SBP in the low-resource cohort (n = 485).
Limitations
- The paper states that PAT-based BP measurements still require initial calibration with a gold-standard BP device, and this calibration step leads to further errors; further work is needed to validate PAT-based measurements for elevated BP following established guidelines with at least n = 85 subjects before wider clinical use.
- The paper states that further development efforts are targeting enhancement of fetal ECG capabilities of the system.
- Evident from the text: the low-resource cohort of 485 pregnant people in Lusaka used maternal sensors only (chest and limb), so fetal monitoring with the abdominal sensor was not validated in that setting; the abdominal sensor also has a shorter operation time (8 h) than the chest and limb sensors (24 h).
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“We demonstrate the sensor’s capability of detecting uterine contractions during labor.”
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“In Fig. 2 D–F we demonstrate the agreement in HR, SpO2, and RR calculations between the experimental system and a commercially available gold-standard monitoring system (Intellivue MP50; Philips) operating concomitantly in a cohort of 13 healthy nonpregnant adults.”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Results > Real-Time Measurement of Clinical Data for Maternal Health.
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“Although intended for measuring maternal ECG, maternal HR, and uterine contraction, the abdominal sensor is also capable of capturing incidental fetal ECG, which coincides with fetal Doppler signal.”
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“An additional 485 (84%) pregnant people were recruited in Lusaka, Zambia using the maternal sensors only (chest and limb).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Results > Clinical Validation and Deployments in Both High-Resource and Low-Resource Settings.
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“We further demonstrate the performance of this new system among pregnant individuals (n = 576) in both high-resource settings and low-resource care settings.”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Abstract
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“We present performance, feasibility, and usability of the sensors, both at the individual and population level, in the total cohort of 576 pregnant people.”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Results > Clinical Validation and Deployments in Both High-Resource and Low-Resource Settings.
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“More than 85% of laboring people surveyed (41 out of n = 48 total respondents) indicated a positive or very positive experience with the wireless sensors.”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Results > Clinical Validation and Deployments in Both High-Resource and Low-Resource Settings.
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“We note that the participants recruited in the low-resource setting were all actively in labor with imminent delivery.”
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“This includes 91 (16%) participants recruited at Prentice Women’s Hospital (Chicago, IL) using all three sensor systems (chest, limb, and abdomen).”
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“The sensor tracks expected FHR variation over time.”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Results > FHR and Uterine Contraction via a Soft, Flexible, and Wireless Abdominal Sensor.
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“The mean difference is −0.09 beats per minute (bpm) for HR (SD 0.95 bpm), −0.19% for SpO2 (SD 1.68%), and −0.45 breaths per minute for RR (SD 1.64 breaths per minute).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Results > Real-Time Measurement of Clinical Data for Maternal Health.
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“The chest and limb sensors have an operation time of 24 h and the abdominal sensor has an operation time of 8 h.”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Results > Wireless Maternal–Fetal Sensor System Design.
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“In a subset of people the abdominal sensor output was analyzed to isolate fetal ECG; the R-to-R peak interval for maternal ECG averaged 635 ms, and the fetal ECG R-to-R peak interval averaged 344 ms.”
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“The final cohort recruited in the pilot study included a wide range of maternal ages (18 to 43 y), races and ethnicities, and gestational ages (25 to 41 wk) (SI Appendix, Table S1).”
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“We report a new time-synchronized, flexible, and wireless sensor system applicable across the entire continuum of antepartum and postpartum care that provides continuous, comprehensive, and noninvasive monitoring (heart rate, respiratory rate, and pulse oxygenation) compatible with a wide range of mobile devices.”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Abstract
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“The abdominal sensor (Fig. 1C) offers an onboard wireless Doppler ultrasound (US), EHG, and ECG, each sampled at 504 and 500 Hz, respectively.”
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“The chest sensor (Fig. 1A) measures ECG, seismocardiogram (SCG), chest wall movement for respiratory rate (RR), and skin temperature, each sampled at 512, 416, 52, and 0.2 Hz, respectively.”
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“A Bland–Altman plot comparing data from the abdominal sensor to the gold standard is presented in Fig. 3C for a subset of n = 10 laboring women who contributed 3,213 single data points.”
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“The mean difference is 0.1 bpm with an SD of 1 bpm, showing strong agreement.”
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“This system offers advanced features such as continuous blood pressure, uterine electrohysterography, and automated body position classification.”
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“The sensor is able to obtain high signal quality even in the presence of motion and is water-resistant such that it can be worn in the shower.”
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“The chest and abdominal sensors also communicate, which enables maternal ECG elimination from the abdominal sensor’s outputs, allowing for fetal ECG isolation.”
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“The limb sensor (Fig. 1B) measures photoplethysmogram (PPG) and skin temperature, sampled at 256 and 0.2 Hz, respectively.”
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“While our data show cold-pressor-induced hypertensive episodes”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Results > Continuous Surrogates of Systolic BP Derived from PAT and Pulse Transit Time.
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“In Fig. 4A we demonstrate a high degree of agreement with traditional sphygmomanometers, capturing BP at discrete time points with average errors less than 10 mmHg.”
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“A Bland–Altman plot in Fig. 4B demonstrates the accuracy of our method, which has a mean difference from the sphygmomanometer of 0.4 mmHg (SD 7.8 mmHg).”
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“Our demonstration here in n = 3 healthy normal subjects in highly controlled settings with variable BP achieved via the cold-pressor method shows an average mean and root mean square error of 0.6 and 5.31 mmHg for SBP and 0.2 and 7.07 mmHg for diastolic BP”
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“We present a wireless monitoring platform that provides comprehensive assessment of both the mother and fetus with compatibility across a wide range of mobile devices.”
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“This system is able to provide continuous body positioning categorization and continuous BP assessments and has been deployed in a significant number of pregnant women.”
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“The system we present here offers comprehensive and advanced measurement modalities with evidence of feasibility, performance, and user-preference acceptability among laboring women in both high-resource and low-resource settings for both in-hospital and remote monitoring applications.”
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“The system provided here can be configured so as to alert providers only when thresholds of vital signs that are indicative of concern are crossed.”
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“The system we present here provides objective and real-time data outputs on the impact of maternal body position on both maternal and fetal health with the ability to assess how position may be associated with clinical outcomes and the potential to include automated alerts to patients and providers for body position changes if indicated.”
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“The consumables of the system are also low-cost and consist of only single-use hydrogel adhesives and latex-free fabric strap (estimated <$0.25 per use).”
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“First, the sensors themselves are low-cost (estimated <$40 per sensor at large-scale manufacturing) and fully reusable after a wireless recharge and simple cleaning procedure.”
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“The Invu reports both FHR and maternal HR but does not capture uterine contractions (15).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Abstract
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [15] M. Mhajna., Wireless, remote solution for home fetal and maternal heart rate monitoring. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. MFM 2, 100101 (2020). 33345967 source
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“A biocompatible, double-sided hydrogel adhesive conducts the signal from the patient to the chest and abdominal sensors and its adhesion strength has been deemed safe to use by a board-certified dermatologist.”
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“Additional monitoring equipment designed to assess maternal or fetal status, such as pulse oximetry, blood pressure (BP) monitors, and electrocardiography (ECG), are typically used in a noncontinuous manner and place a relatively high burden on providers (11).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Abstract
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- Not checked yetcites [11] A. A. Boatin., Wireless vital sign monitoring in pregnant women: A functionality and acceptability study. Telemed. J. E Health 22, 564– 571 (2016). 27172448 source
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“The most common causes of maternal morbidity and mortality—hemorrhage, hypertensive disorders, infection, and sepsis—are often preceded by predictable vital signs perturbations in both high-resource and low-resource settings, and early intervention is key to improving outcomes (4–9).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Abstract
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“The Bloomlife Pregnancy Tracker captures electrohysterography (EHG) without fetal ECG (16).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Abstract
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- Not checked yetcites [16] M. Altini., 785: Early labour detection in laboratory and free-living conditions using combined electrohysterography and heart rate data. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 220, S513– S514 (2019). source
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“The time synchronization infrastructure was previously established and yields an SD of 3.6 ms over 24 consecutive hours (22).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Results > Wireless Maternal–Fetal Sensor System Design.
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- Not checked yetcites [22] H. U. Chung., Skin-interfaced biosensors for advanced wireless physiological monitoring in neonatal and pediatric intensive-care units. Nat. Med. 26, 418– 429 (2020). 32161411 PMC7315772 source
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“The R-to-R peak intervals translate to 94 bpm and 170 bpm for maternal and fetal HR, respectively.”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Results > FHR and Uterine Contraction via a Soft, Flexible, and Wireless Abdominal Sensor.
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“All participants provided written informed consent with research protocols approved by the Institutional Review Boards of Northwestern University (STU00205895) and the University of North Carolina (19-0765).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Results > Clinical Validation and Deployments in Both High-Resource and Low-Resource Settings.
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“Other systems, such as the Novii Wireless Patch System from Monica Healthcare, are available to acquire fetal ECG, but such systems alone cannot monitor nonsingleton pregnancies and are limited to term pregnancies (at least 37 wk of gestation) (17).”
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- Not checked yetcites [17] A. Wacker-Gussmann., Fetal cardiac time intervals in healthy pregnancies–An observational study by fetal ECG (Monica Healthcare System). J. Perinat. Med. 46, 587– 592 (2018). 28453441 source
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“Altering maternal positioning during labor as a means of fetal resuscitation is common (38–40).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Discussion
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- Not checked yetcites [38] P. R. Stone.; Maternal Sleep in Pregnancy Research Group, The University of Auckland, Effect of maternal position on fetal behavioural state and heart rate variability in healthy late gestation pregnancy. J. Physiol. 595, 1213– 1221 (2017). 27871127 PMC5309385 source
- Not checked yetcites [39] G. Cito., Maternal position during non-stress test and fetal heart rate patterns. Acta Obstet. Gynecol. Scand. 84, 335– 338 (2005). 15762962 source
- Not checked yetcites [40] B. Carbonne, A. Benachi, M. L. Lévèque, D. Cabrol, E. Papiernik, Maternal position during labor: Effects on fetal oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximetry. Obstet. Gynecol. 88, 797– 800 (1996). 8885916 source
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“Use of these newer systems in multiple-gestation or preterm fetuses have not been validated extensively and would be considered off-label if used in these clinical scenarios.”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Discussion
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- Not checked yetcites [17] A. Wacker-Gussmann., Fetal cardiac time intervals in healthy pregnancies–An observational study by fetal ECG (Monica Healthcare System). J. Perinat. Med. 46, 587– 592 (2018). 28453441 source
- Not checked yetcites [36] R. Sameni, G. D. Clifford, A review of fetal ECG signal processing; issues and promising directions. Open Pacing Electrophysiol. Ther. J. 3, 4– 20 (2010). 21614148 PMC3100207
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“The use of Doppler in our abdominal sensors allows the system to potentially monitor nonsingleton pregnancies with multiple patches.”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Discussion
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“Some studies suggest upright postures have been associated with shorter early labor stages, a trend toward fewer cesarean deliveries, and less use of analgesia (41).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Discussion
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- Not checked yetcites [41] J. K. Gupta, A. Sood, G. J. Hofmeyr, J. P. Vogel, Position in the second stage of labour for women without epidural anaesthesia. Cochrane Database Syst. Rev. 5, CD002006 (2017). 28539008 PMC6484432
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“The supine position is often avoided given worse uteroplacental perfusion because of maternal hypotension (42) and prolonged labor (43).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Discussion
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- Not checked yetcites [42] S. M. Kinsella, A. Lee, J. A. Spencer, Maternal and fetal effects of the supine and pelvic tilt positions in late pregnancy. Eur. J. Obstet. Gynecol. Reprod. Biol. 36, 11– 17 (1990). 2365116 source
- Not checked yetcites [43] A. Lawrence, L. Lewis, G. J. Hofmeyr, C. Styles, Maternal positions and mobility during first stage labour. Cochrane Database Syst. Rev., CD003934 (2013). PMC11664456 24105444
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“Previous research efforts have also demonstrated maternal position impacts maternal blood flow, labor progression, and patient comfort (44–46).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Discussion
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- Not checked yetcites [44] O. Moraloglu., The influence of different maternal pushing positions on birth outcomes at the second stage of labor in nulliparous women. J. Matern. Fetal Neonatal Med. 30, 245– 249 (2017). 27028537 source
- Not checked yetcites [45] M. J. Guittier, V. Othenin-Girard, [Correcting occiput posterior position during labor: The role of maternal positions]. Gynécol. Obstét. Fertil. 40, 255– 260 (2012). 22099975 source
- Not checked yetcites [46] J. Roberts, L. Malasanos, C. Mendez-Bauer, Maternal positions in labor: Analysis in relation to comfort and efficiency. Birth Defects Orig. Artic. Ser. 17, 97– 128 (1981). 7326378
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“The ability to track body position continuously and concurrently with maternal and fetal vital signs offers an opportunity for improved monitoring and the ability to manage labor by modifying maternal body position as clinically indicated (37).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Discussion
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- Not checked yetcites [37] G. J. Hofmeyr., Obstetric care in low-resource settings: What, who, and how to overcome challenges to scale up? Int J Gynaecol Obstet 107 (suppl. 1), S21– S44, S44-5 (2009). 19815204 source
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“In this scenario, we demonstrated the responsiveness of our system to controlled changes of BP with a cold-pressor test, a well-established, safe, and reproducible method to induce a BP response (53).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Materials and Methods > Continuous BP Derivation.
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- Not checked yetcites [53] Q. Zhao., Reproducibility of blood pressure response to the cold pressor test: The GenSalt study. Am. J. Epidemiol. 176 (suppl. 7), S91– S98 (2012). 23035148 PMC3530368 source
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“The key drivers of this failure are multifactorial and include the cost of maintenance, lack of skilled technicians to maintain the equipment, lack of spare parts, and high consumable costs (50).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Discussion
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- Not checked yetcites [50] B. Compton., “Access to medical devices in low-income countries: Addressing sustainability challenges in medical device donations” (NAM Perspectives, National Academy of Medicine, 2018). source
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“Continuous data of maternal BP, HR, SpO2, uterine contractility, and FHR are potentially life-saving if acted on, but access is heavily dependent on clinical infrastructure, availability of skilled healthcare providers, and integration of disparate devices and their displays (52).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Discussion
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- Not checked yetcites [52] S. Thaddeus, D. Maine, Too far to walk: Maternal mortality in context. Soc. Sci. Med. 38, 1091– 1110 (1994). 8042057 source
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“Additionally, these systems can provide a wealth of data in different clinical settings with labeled clinical outcomes, such as that generated by the LABOR study, that offer the opportunity for more population-specific and sensitive delineation of maternal or fetal status to support clinical decision-making.”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Discussion
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“By 2025, it is estimated that there will be nearly 700 million smartphones in sub-Saharan Africa, making these mobile devices readily available to be used in order to operate the sensors for healthcare applications in even the most rural settings (51).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Discussion
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- Not checked yetcites [51] D. Radcliffe, Mobile in Sub-Saharan Africa: Can world’s fastest-growing mobile region keep it up? ZDNet (2018). https://www.zdnet.com/article/mobile-in-sub-saharan-africa-can-worlds-fastest-growing-mobile-region-keep-it-up/. Accessed 23 November 2020.
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“Other studies have found that the hands-and-knees position has not been associated with negative labor outcomes (47).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Discussion
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- Not checked yetcites [47] S. Hunter, G. J. Hofmeyr, R. Kulier, Hands and knees posture in late pregnancy or labour for fetal malposition (lateral or posterior). Cochrane Database Syst. Rev., CD001063 (2007). 17943750 PMC8407052
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“In previous work, we demonstrate the ability for the chest- and finger-mounted sensors to monitor vital signs in both children and adults; the abdominal sensor allows for maternal–fetal monitoring of pregnant women in both high- and low-resource settings as well as the clinical and home settings (22, 23).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Discussion
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- Not checked yetcites [22] H. U. Chung., Skin-interfaced biosensors for advanced wireless physiological monitoring in neonatal and pediatric intensive-care units. Nat. Med. 26, 418– 429 (2020). 32161411 PMC7315772 source
- Not checked yetcites [23] H. U. Chung., Binodal, wireless epidermal electronic systems with in-sensor analytics for neonatal intensive care. Science 363, eaau0780 (2019). 30819934 PMC6510306 source
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“Additionally, as demonstrated by our previous work, neonatal vital signs can also be tracked with the same sensors in both high-resource and low-resource settings as well as support kangaroo care (22, 48).”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Discussion
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- Not checked yetcites [22] H. U. Chung., Skin-interfaced biosensors for advanced wireless physiological monitoring in neonatal and pediatric intensive-care units. Nat. Med. 26, 418– 429 (2020). 32161411 PMC7315772 source
- Not checked yetcites [48] A. S. Ginsburg., Evaluation of non-invasive continuous physiological monitoring devices for neonates in Nairobi, Kenya: A research protocol. BMJ Open 10, e035184 (2020). PMC7200030 32284391 source
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The S1 and S2 peaks in the Doppler ultrasound signal represent closure of the fetal heart valves.
“The first peak “S1” represents closure of the tricuspid and mitral valves of the fetal heart, and the second peak “S2” represents closure of the pulmonary semilunar valves of the fetal heart (Audio S1).”
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The electrohysterography contraction can be converted to millimeters of mercury or pressure with a simple calibration.
“The EHG contraction can be converted to millimeters of mercury (mmHg) or pressure with a simple calibration.”
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Of all wireless pregnancy monitoring devices currently approved for clinical use, none incorporates maternal vital signs.
“Perhaps most notable, of all the wireless pregnancy monitoring devices currently approved for clinical use, none incorporates maternal vital signs.”
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Assessing maternal vital signs such as HR, RR, SpO2, and BP requires additional systems wired to the body and configured to another monitoring system that is often not interoperable.
“Assessing maternal vital signs such as HR, RR, SpO2, and BP requires additional systems wired to the body and configured to another monitoring system that is often not interoperable.”
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Research on the effects and benefits of laboring positions has been largely limited because of inability to monitor and collect data in clinical settings with fidelity.
“Despite these studies, research on the effects and benefits of laboring positions has been largely limited because of inability to monitor and collect data in clinical settings with fidelity.”
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In both high- and low-resource settings the burden placed on clinical staff in order to obtain physiologic information on a woman and her fetus is significant.
“In both high- and low-resource settings the burden placed on clinical staff in order to obtain physiologic information on a woman and her fetus is significant.”
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“Previous reports validated the performance of an FDA-cleared physiological monitoring system against gold standard monitoring platforms [18–23].”
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§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Materials and Methods > Time-to-Vital Analysis.
“Heat maps located on right column of Fig. 6 show the time-based normalized results to better visualize the vital distribution trend over the session duration.”
§ Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring with a network of wireless, soft, and flexible sensors in high- and low-resource health settings > Results > Time-Series Data of Vital Signs during Labor.
“Figure: Fig. 5. Heat-map analysis of maternal vital signs for laboring women in low-resource settings. A heat map of each vital signal is generated for all 485 participants. (Left) Plot (in red–black) for each vital is a heat map without normalization as the majority of labors last less than 5 h. (Right) Plot (in yellow–green) is normalized by frequency with a 4-h window to illustrate average vital signs over longer labors.”
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“In previous work, we demonstrate the ability for the chest- and finger-mounted sensors to monitor vital signs in both children and adults; the abdominal sensor allows for maternal–fetal monitoring of pregnant women in both high- and low-resource settings as well as the clinical and home settings (22, 23).”
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Technology Roadmap for Flexible Sensors
Luo, Y., Abidian, M. R., Ahn, J., Akinwande, D., Andrews, A. M., Antonietti, M., Bao, Z., Magnus Berggren, A., Berkey, C. A., Bettinger, C. J., et al. (2023) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.2c12606 · Cited by 1,453
Self-citationSolution-processable, soft, self-adhesive, and conductive polymer composites for soft electronics
Tan, P., Wang, H., Xiao, F., Lu, X., Shang, W., Deng, X., Song, H., Xu, Z., Cao, J., Gan, T., et al. (2022) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28027-y · Cited by 419
Self-citationSkin bioelectronics towards long-term, continuous health monitoring
Wang, Y., Haick, H., Guo, S., Wang, C., Lee, S., Yokota, T., & Someya, T. (2022) · Chemical Society Reviews · doi:10.1039/d2cs00207h · Cited by 328
Li, W., Ke, K., Jia, J. F., Pu, J., Zhao, X., Bao, R., Liu, Z., Bai, L., Zhang, K., Yang, M., et al. (2021) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.202103734 · Cited by 255
Translational gaps and opportunities for medical wearables in digital health
Xu, S., Kim, J., Walter, J. R., Ghaffari, R., & Rogers, J. A. (2022) · Science Translational Medicine · doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.abn6036 · Cited by 134
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- Authors
- Ryu, D., Kim, D. H., Price, J. T., Lee, J. Y., Chung, H. U., Allen, E., Walter, J. R., Jeong, H., Cao, J., Kulikova, E., Abu-Zayed, H., Lee, R., Martell, K. L., Zhang, M., Kampmeier, B. R., Hill, M., Lee, J., Kim, E., Park, Y., Jang, H., Arafa, H., Liu, C., Chisembele, M., Vwalika, B., Sindano, N., Spelke, M. B., Paller, A. S., Premkumar, A., Grobman, W. A., Stringer, J. S. A., Rogers, J. A., & Xu, S.
- Affiliations
- Sibel (United States) (US)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Northwestern University (US)
- Sibel Inc., Niles, IL 60714;
- University Teaching Hospital (ZM)
- University of Zambia (ZM)
- University of North Carolina Global Projects–Zambia, Lusaka 10101, Zambia;
- Corresponding author
- Stringer, Jeffrey S. A.
- Rogers, John A.
- Xu, Shuai
- ORCID
- Kim, Dong Hyun
- Price, Joan T.
- Lee, Jong Yoon
- Chung, Ha Uk
- Allen, Emily
- Walter, Jessica R.
- Jeong, Hyoyoung
- Cao, Jingyue
- Lee, Rachel
- Zhang, Michael
- Kampmeier, Brianna R.
- Hill, Marc
- Kim, Edward
- Park, Yerim
- Jang, Hokyung
- Arafa, Hany
- Liu, Claire
- Vwalika, Bellington
- Sindano, Ntazana
- Spelke, M. Bridget
- Paller, Amy S.
- Premkumar, Ashish
- Grobman, William A.
- Stringer, Jeffrey S. A.
- Rogers, John A.
- Xu, Shuai
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2021-05-10
- Volume
- 118
- Issue
- 20
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC8157941
- OpenAlex
- W3161046902
- Semantic Scholar
- 5064baf350d8a9304f964bf07726272852491dcf
- Cited by
- 105
- References
- 56
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 5
- FWCI
- 5.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1193311)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Wireless Body Area Networks
- Keywords
- pregnancy monitoring, wireless sensors, flexible sensors, vital signs monitoring, antepartum care, postpartum care, fetal monitoring, continuous blood pressure monitoring, resource-limited settings, mobile health, non-invasive monitoring
- MeSH terms
- Wearable Electronic Devices, Female, Health Resources, Heart Rate, Fetal, Humans, Monitoring, Physiologic, Pregnancy, Uterine Contraction, Vital Signs, Wireless Technology
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