DengueGuard: An Innovative Non-invasive Dengue Vital Monitoring Device with Integrated Decision Support System

Rapid fall in pulse pressure is a critical state for dengue patients who are going through the Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS). Continuous monitoring of patient’s physiological parameters relevant to DSS and an user friendly alarming system can save patient’s lives and reduce death rate in dengue. But the increasing number of dengue patients along with the lack of resources results in poor patient management and lack of monitoring of critical patients. In order to address these issues, we developed a device with special sensor that can monitor all the vitals of a dengue patient in real-time. The system embedded in the device continuously processes data to detect critical-state entering patient and sends real-time data with push notification to the connected mobile device of the medical personnel in charge. We developed a flutter-based mobile app that shows the critical conditions of the patient connected to the device along with necessary identifications to locate the patient. These features help with prioritizing responses that would allow medical care givers to find critical patients faster in emergency situations and take appropriate action. Overall this study aims to enhance healthcare access and management for dengue cases, resulting in much improved patient outcomes as well as shorter response time via seamless integration of sensor technology with an easy-to-use mobile app.