Smart Technology in Cardiorespiratory Monitoring versus Traditional Methods. Is It Useful?

Objective: To evaluate the role of smart technology in cardiorespiratory monitoring compared to the traditional medical tools. Background: The sensors integrated into smartphones, and their computational power enables wide usage in many areas of daily life, including health and activity monitoring. Parameters such as heart rate (HR), blood oxygen saturation (SPO2) and blood pressure (BP) can be measured using a smartphone. Patients and Methods : This cross section comparative study was carried out on 200 conscious and cooperative patients aged >18 years old, both sexes, with variety of chest diseases as COPD, asthma, pleural effusion and pneumonia. All patients were subjected to full history taken from the patients, full clinical assessment, and laboratory and radiological investigations [Complete blood count, arterial blood gases (ABG), Chest X – ray, and ECG], and pulse oximetry and compared with smart technology measurements and evaluations. Results: There was a statistically significant difference between SPO2 measurements by both ABG, pulse oximeter and smart technology. Significant differences were found in measurement of HR in relation to ECG, and SPO2 in relation to ABG, and pulse oximeter. There was a significant positive correlation between measurements of SPO2 by ABG, pulse oximeter, and sphygmomanometer and smart technology (P value