Poster Presentation
American Telemedicine Association 2024 Conference
Surveillance of pulmonary involvement in infectious and acute chronic cardiopulmonary diseases: Illustrative cases of the use of lung sound monitoring in telemedicine
Yu K. Au, MD, Devan Carrigan, Callum Gouveia Da Silva
What’s Inside?
This abstract illustrates how remote patient monitoring with the RESP® Biosensor can be applied in infectious and cardiopulmonary diseases to detect early pulmonary involvement and guide intervention. The cases are drawn from observational studies in three distinct patient groups: hospitalized patients with asthma, COPD, or COVID-19; patients hospitalized for acute heart failure; and healthy adults at risk for respiratory infections.
In one COPD case, lung sounds increased by 119% from baseline prior to discharge, with readmission occurring five days later. In a heart failure case, progressive rales were detected without a change in respiratory rate, preceding a hospital readmission and eventual death. In the infectious disease cohort, 11 participants had coughs captured by the RESP Biosensor but did not self-report cough.
Together, these cases show how continuous lung sound monitoring may provide more actionable insights than self-reported symptoms alone, offering a telehealth solution for early detection of exacerbations, prevention of costly readmissions, and improved infectious disease surveillance.
