Severe and Significant Variation in Overnight Heart Rate and Blood Oxygen Saturation in Patients with Heart Failure
Abstract
Accurate between-visit information is essential to the management of patients with chronic disease, such as heart failure. Information provided by patients during interval history is often inaccurate and incomplete; yet, it is this information upon which clinician base treatment decisions. Moreover. short duration studies, as with polysomnography, are unable to capture night-to-night variability that patients experience. Patient-facing electronic devices are capable of collecting, storing and transmitting data that would be otherwise inaccessible. We hypothesize that patients with heart failure experience severe and significant night-to-night differences in blood oxygen saturation and heart rate.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 15, 2016
- Accession Number
- AD1036177
Entities
People
- Cubby L Gardner
- Harry B. Burke
Organizations
- 59th Medical Wing