Body Area Network Synchronization for Pulse Transit Time Estimation
Miriam Zinnanti
Body Area Network Synchronization for Pulse Transit Time Estimation.
Rel. Gabriella Olmo. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Biomedica, 2019
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Abstract
The evolution of demographic dynamics and the variation in the health needs of the population require an organizational redesign services network. Since growing number of elderly and chronic diseases, it needs to provide increasingly advanced devices, able to monitor patients constantly, without hinder or limit their normal lifestyle. Chronic diseases are becoming the most common cause of disability and death. A chronic disorder is a psychological or physical health condition that causes functional restrictions with a negative impact on the quality of life. Examples include hypertension, cancer, stroke, diabetes, respiratory diseases, arthritis, heart and oral disease. Hypertension plays an influential role in this area and in the formation of ischemic heart and cerebrovascular disease, like renal and cardiac failure.
Treating hypertension allows to reduce the 40% of the stroke and the 15% of the possibility of heart attacks
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