Accuracy Comparisons between Manual and Automated Respiratory Rate for Detecting Clinical Deterioration in Ward Patients

Acknowledgments

The authors thank Pamela McCall, BSN, OCN for her assistance with study implementation, Kevin Ig-Izevbekhai and Shivraj Grewal for assistance with data collection, UCM Clinical Engineering for technical support, and Timothy Holper, MS, Julie Johnson, MPH, RN, and Thomas Sutton for assistance with data abstraction.

Disclosure

Dr. Churpek is supported by a career development award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (K08 HL121080) and has received honoraria from Chest for invited speaking engagements. Dr. Churpek and Dr. Edelson have a patent pending (ARCD. P0535US.P2) for risk stratification algorithms for hospitalized patients. In addition, Dr. Edelson has received research support from Philips Healthcare (Andover, MA), research support from the American Heart Association (Dallas, TX) and Laerdal Medical (Stavanger, Norway), and research support from EarlySense (Tel Aviv, Israel). She has ownership interest in Quant HC (Chicago, IL), which is developing products for risk stratification of hospitalized patients. This study was supported by a grant from Philips Healthcare in Andover, MA. The sponsor had no role in data collection, interpretation of results, or drafting of the manuscript.