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Wireless Skin Sensors For Newborns Will Let Parents Cuddle Fragile Babies
the_newsbeagle writes: In newborn intensive care units (NICUs) today, tiny fragile babies lie in incubators, wired to a variety of monitors that track their vital signs. This mess of wires makes it complicated for nurses to pick up the babies for routine tasks like diaper changes, and makes it hard for new parents to pick up their infants for cuddling. Skin-to-skin contact between parents and infants has been proven not only to help with bonding, but also to have a host of medical benefits for the infants, so the wires that tether babies to their beds are a real problem. At Northwestern University, an electrical engineer who works on flexible, stretchable electronics teamed up with a pediatric dermatologist to invent a solution. They devised a system of stick-on wireless biosensors (with a gentle adhesive that's safe even for thin preemie skin) that actually provide more information than today's standard setup. The system "is composed of two sensors, one that sticks to the chest to record electrocardiograms (providing heart rate), another that sticks to the foot to record photoplethysmograms (measuring blood oxygenation) and skin temperature," reports IEEE Spectrum. "The foot sensor required the engineering team to create software that could compensate for movement artifacts in the data. Time-syncing these two sensors also provides a continuous measurement of blood pressure; the system knows when the heart pumps out a pulse of blood and when it arrives at the foot, and that time measurement correlates well with blood pressure."
"The sensors use near-field communication (NFC) to connect to a module that can be attached to the baby's bed, and which both receives the data and sends wireless power to the sensors," the report adds. "That module transmits the data via bluetooth to a mobile phone or tablet."
"The sensors use near-field communication (NFC) to connect to a module that can be attached to the baby's bed, and which both receives the data and sends wireless power to the sensors," the report adds. "That module transmits the data via bluetooth to a mobile phone or tablet."
You are too squirmish. Be brave, be strong, there's plenty of other people's children to go around.
I.e., "Infanticide".
Well thst is technicaly correct, but I think theay mean premarure babies in a human context as in born earlier thsn normsl for humans,.Well Iâ(TM)m neither a MD or a linquist so I might be wrong.
Not all preemie's are born to drug addicted mothers or are the result of congenital birth defects. Many scientists theorize bacterial infections or even environmental pollutants are contributing to the rise in premature births. Speaking as a parent who did everything right (pre-natal care, vitamins, genetic screening, healthy lifestyle) and had a daughter born 15 weeks early who spent 81 days in the ICU, this invention is amazing. Would also be beneficial for elderly patients with very fragile skin.
She's now 13 years old, straight A student, active in sports and volunteering, focused on attending vet school to become a veterinarian. Let's discuss future positive impact on society by her versus some of the mouthbreathers in the parent posts....
And who wants to tell their parents, that hey, do what you want, your newborn can take it, he's tough
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Let me be clear: You are wrong. You are ignorant on this subject. Please refrain from posting about things you know less than zero about in the future.
My 6-year-old kid was born preemie because... well, if you can *definitively* explain what causes preeclampsia, then you can make a lot of money (they don't call it the "disease of theories" for nothing). My kid was born 6 weeks early and weighed about 3-1/2 pounds. Now, my kid is perfectly healthy and normal with zero signs of being a preemie. If I never told you, you would never know. People are shocked when they find out my kid spent almost 3 weeks in the NICU.
A former co-worker of mine has two kids. Both were born preemie; one at 26 weeks (just under 2 pounds) and one at 28 weeks (just under 3 pounds). The mom is an extremely healthy woman and did "all the right things," which includes none of the assumptions you've made (*especially* the second time around!). Now, both kids about as normal as you can get. They have *some* signs of being a preemie, but only if you understand what to look for, which -- I assure you -- you don't. It's not like Downs Syndrome or kids in wheelchairs or anything more obvious like that. It's all fairly subtle... unless you know. Still, they both have way *fewer* issues than several kids I know who were not preemie.
A professor I know is well into his 60s and is a thought leader in his field. He's an amazing man who has not only contributed a ton to his field, he's also provided many free online courses that have demonstrably helped numerous entrepreneurs in developing countries. He was born preemie... well over 60 years ago when NICU medicine wasn't near what it is today. He shows no signs of being a preemie. In fact, I was shocked when I shared that my kid was preemie and he told me his story.
None of these people are or were smokers. None of these people are or were drinkers. None of these people are or were drug users. Neither while pregnant or not. And, even when not caused by the parent, all of the babies recovered... fully!... and have a fantastic quality of life, costing the medical system no more than the average kid. And these are not one-offs. Every other year, our NICU has a reunion that our family attends and we see hundreds upon hundreds of kids who just needed a bit more time in the hospital before going on to live fully normal lives. Go do some research and you'll see these success rates are not anecdotal.
So, next time you have the desire to make a post like this, stop. Put down the keyboard. Go find someone who knows something about the subject and ask some questions. Go find someone who has *actually* experienced what you want to write about and ask some questions. Heck, go ask your favorite search engine. You'll learn a lot and you'll also prevent yourself from showing your extreme ignorance.