In India Will Develop And Test A Temperature Monitoring Baby Bracelet To Reduce The Incidence Of Hypothermia In Newborns.
The accuracy of the bracelet in diagnosing hypothermia was 95.8%. If the baby is cold, an orange light and tune wakes the parent so they can warm the baby before injury or death occurs. This was a controlled prospective study.
Potentially Useful But Still Requires Robust Validation.
Authors raja ashok koganti 1 , ashok deorari 2 affiliations. A bracelet, bempu, has been developed which gives out alerts whenever newborn's body temperature drops, a condition called hypothermia seen in newborns with low birth weight. Objective the objective of this study is to assess the diagnostic accuracy of a novel hypothermia monitoring and alert bracelet device (bempu bracelet) in low birth weight (lbw) neonates weighing less than 2000 g.
The Bempu Tempwatch Is A Bracelet That Uses An Algorithm To Identify Hypothermia From Continuous Temperature Measurement At The Wrist Of A Newborn.
These are signals to the mother, to warm the baby by holding him against her skin. Potentially useful but still requires robust validation indian pediatr. The bempu hypothermia alert device (bempu bracelet) is a simple bracelet used to monitor the temperature of a premature/low birth weight (lbw) baby.
Bempu Tempwatch Is A Newborn Baby Temperature Monitoring Bracelet That Fits On Your Baby's Wrist.
[2] in this issue of indian pediatrics, present the findings of a clinical study about the effectiveness of one such device, the bempu bracelet. Bempu team with divya and rithiksha (centre) It alerts the mother or caregiver if a newborn baby is hypothermic—with a dangerously low temperature.
The Doctors Found Rithiksha Was Suffering From A Gastrointestinal Infection That Caused Hypothermia, And Could Have Died If Immediate Action Had Not Been Taken.
In the heterogeneous social and health systems in india, a simple, affordable and locally acceptable tool is needed to detect hypothermia and alert care providers. This tiny bracelet is saving babies’ lives in #papuanewguinea.the simple invention monitors a newborn’s temperature for signs of hypothermia. The bracelet, available in pumpkin and baby.
