Johnson P, Andrews D C
Maternal Infant Care and Telemonitoring Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
J Telemed Telecare. 1996;2(2):107-13. doi: 10.1177/1357633X9600200207.
As part of a larger study we established a remote physiological monitoring network to investigate cardiorespiratory function during sleep in 400 infants in their homes. The objective of the study was to link measurements made at three weeks and three months of age with detailed measurements of maternal and fetal nutrition during pregnancy and subsequent outcome (growth, development and cardiorespiratory diseases). Five infants per night were monitored anywhere within a radius of 10 miles (16 km) of the remote hub. Of 800 overnight studies on 64 (of 400) infants, 99 were completed. Options allowed downloading data from monitor memory as well as review (on- and off-line) from the infants' or nurses' homes, the hub and the Oxford telemonitoring centre. The reasons for these measurements being made at home were to ensure physiological accuracy and to reduce cost. The network was effectively run by local community nurses; with the exception of the size and cost of the monitors, it had all the elements of a remote primary-care clinical service.
作为一项规模更大研究的一部分，我们建立了一个远程生理监测网络，以调查400名婴儿在家中睡眠期间的心肺功能。该研究的目的是将婴儿三周和三个月大时的测量结果与孕期母婴营养的详细测量结果以及随后的结果（生长、发育和心肺疾病）联系起来。每晚对距离远程中心10英里（16公里）范围内的任意五名婴儿进行监测。在对400名婴儿中的64名进行的800次夜间研究中，99次研究完成。该设备允许从监测器内存中下载数据，也允许在婴儿或护士家中、中心以及牛津远程监测中心进行（在线和离线）查看。在家庭中进行这些测量的原因是为了确保生理测量的准确性并降低成本。该网络由当地社区护士有效管理；除了监测器的尺寸和成本外，它具备远程初级保健临床服务的所有要素。
