An integrated system for the monitoring of therapy and drug's side effects in Lymphoproliferative disorders

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2017 Jul:2017:2672-2675. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037407.

Abstract

The wide diffusion of telecommunication systems and the availability of cheap computational devices, such as smart wearable, PDA and smartphones, is multiplying the number of collaborative and remote-monitored applications accessible to a large mass of people. In particular, this scenario makes it possible the implementation of specific systems that improve the control of patients with minimal impact on the quality of their lives. This paper moves in this context and presents a general system for the continuous monitoring at home of therapy and disease symptoms. Indeed, starting from a specific application aiming at monitoring patients with Lymphoproliferative disorders and the side effects related to specific drugs used in treatment of these diseases, in this paper we present a more general framework easy customizable to the requirements of different applications. In particular, the proposed system has been designed to be easily tuned to a larger class of disorders and, in our opinion, it can be applied in almost all the scenarios where patients require a strict monitoring of their conditions in their home environment. The paper presents the model, the architecture and the implementation of the system.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders*
  • Monitoring, Physiologic
  • Smartphone