Prototipo de asistente médico para el monitoreo de signos vitales que emite notificaciones con alertas sonoras desarrollado en Arduino para pacientes gerontológicos en la ciudad de Guayaquil.
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2023-03
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Universidad de Guayaquil. Facultad de Ciencias Matemáticas y Físicas. Carrera de Ingeniería en Sistemas Computacionales.
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La salud es muy importante esencialmente en los adultos mayores quienes por su edad y condición médica, requieren de ciertos equipos tecnológicos para controlar sus signos vitales como son presión arterial, temperatura y ritmo cardíaco. El presente proyecto de titulación ha creído conveniente elaborar un prototipo de asistente médico para el monitoreo de signos vitales en pacientes gerontológicos de la ciudad de Guayaquil, que esté al alcance de su economía. Si bien es cierto actualmente existen ya dispositivos que cumplen con esta función, su costo elevado impide que esté al alcance de la ciudadanía, y que los establecimientos públicos de nuestra ciudad, tales como: hospitales y/o centros gerontológicos carezcan de estos equipos muy necesarios para el monitoreo constante de los signos vitales especialmente en los adultos mayores, situación que puede ocasionar problemas de salud en los adultos mayores por la falta de prevención en la toma de sus signos vitales; por tal motivo, esta investigación busca, a más de realizar un prototipo de bajo costo, innovar su funcionamiento, a través de la herramienta Arduino, creando una prenda cómoda que esté conectada a placas electrónicas las cuales estarán instaladas dentro de 3 carcasas impresas en 3D, para simplificar el procedimiento en la toma de cada uno de los signos vitales, adicionalmente, tiene incorporado una pista de audio pregrabada que le dará breves indicaciones al paciente del uso del prototipo y a su vez el dispositivo enviará un mensaje de texto a la persona que este a cargo del paciente con la información de los signos vitales, si se produce alguna alteración en los mismos el dispositivo realizará llamadas y mensajes de texto con alertas, este proceso pasará por pruebas y validaciones de funcionamiento y así proceder a la entrega de un producto acorde a la necesidad de los pacientes gerontológicos.
Health is essentially very important in older adults who, due to their age and medical condition, require certain technological equipment to control their vital signs, such as blood pressure, temperature, and heart rate. The present titling project has seen fit to develop a prototype of a medical assistant for the monitoring of vital signs in gerontological patients in the city of Guayaquil, which is within the reach of its economy. Although it is true that there are currently devices that fulfill this function, their high cost prevents them from being within the reach of citizens, and that public establishments in our city, such as: hospitals and/or gerontological centers, lack this much-needed equipment. for the constant monitoring of vital signs, especially in the elderly, a situation that can cause health problems in the elderly due to the lack of prevention in taking their vital signs; For this reason, this research seeks, in addition to making a low-cost prototype, to innovate its operation, through the Arduino tool, creating a comfortable garment that is connected to electronic boards which will be installed inside 3 3D-printed casings. In order to simplify the procedure in taking each of the vital signs, additionally, it has a pre-recorded audio track incorporated that will give the patient brief instructions on the use of the prototype and, in turn, the device will send a text message to the person who is in charge of the patient with the information of the vital signs, if there is any alteration in them, the device will make calls and text messages with alerts, this process will go through tests and validations of operation and thus proceed to the delivery of a product according to the needs of gerontological patients.
Health is essentially very important in older adults who, due to their age and medical condition, require certain technological equipment to control their vital signs, such as blood pressure, temperature, and heart rate. The present titling project has seen fit to develop a prototype of a medical assistant for the monitoring of vital signs in gerontological patients in the city of Guayaquil, which is within the reach of its economy. Although it is true that there are currently devices that fulfill this function, their high cost prevents them from being within the reach of citizens, and that public establishments in our city, such as: hospitals and/or gerontological centers, lack this much-needed equipment. for the constant monitoring of vital signs, especially in the elderly, a situation that can cause health problems in the elderly due to the lack of prevention in taking their vital signs; For this reason, this research seeks, in addition to making a low-cost prototype, to innovate its operation, through the Arduino tool, creating a comfortable garment that is connected to electronic boards which will be installed inside 3 3D-printed casings. In order to simplify the procedure in taking each of the vital signs, additionally, it has a pre-recorded audio track incorporated that will give the patient brief instructions on the use of the prototype and, in turn, the device will send a text message to the person who is in charge of the patient with the information of the vital signs, if there is any alteration in them, the device will make calls and text messages with alerts, this process will go through tests and validations of operation and thus proceed to the delivery of a product according to the needs of gerontological patients.
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3D, ADULTO MAYOR, MONITOREO, PROTOTIPO, ARDUINO, OLDER ADULT, MONITORING, PROTOTYPE