Development of a telecare system based on ZigBee mesh network for monitoring blood pressure of patients with hemodialysis in health care centers

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 877-883

  Du, Yi Chun ^a   Lee, You Yun ^a   Lu, Yun Yuan ^a   Lin, Chia Hung ^b   Wu, Ming Jei ^c   Chen, Chung Lin ^d   Chen, Tainsong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAO YUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Yongkang Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Hemodialysis; Telecare System (TCS); ZigBee

Indexed keywords

ALARM MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEART RATE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; RELATIVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELEMONITORING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; HUMANS; RENAL DIALYSIS; TAIWAN; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84856212900     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-010-9513-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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