Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Foundation
Article History
Received: 19 February 2018
Accepted: 10 September 2018
First Online: 27 September 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee. Ethical approval was awarded for opt out consent by the Local Research Ethics Committee (West Midlands South Birmingham Research Ethics Committee), LREC reference number 11/H1202/13.
: The system implemented did not involve tests on animals. Patients in intensive care are monitored continuously using sensors attached to the body. The data recorded is stored in a PC temporarily. In this study, the data from the PC was transferred and stored permanently. There were no tests or additional sensors attached to the patient.