Abstract
The goal of this thesis was to develop an application facilitating
patient monitoring by providing a roaming monitor that a physician can
carry with him or her at any time. The thesis itself presents an
overview of issues encountered before and during the development of
the application and explains in detail how and why it was developed.
Central topics are embedded software design and implementation and
pattern recognition in medical signals.
In more detail, the thesis addresses some challenges normally
encountered in ICU departments of hospitals, where days are often
hectic and unpredictable and the amounts of information are vast while
the time to process such information is limited. The use of a PDA as a
tool for providing quick access to information is suggested and
explored, and a basic patient monitoring application is developed.
Technical solutions and alternatives are explored and results of the
choises made along with some tests of, and discussions about, what
existing hardware is capable of, are presented.