Using Consumer Wearable Devices to Profile Postoperative Complications After Pediatric Appendectomy

Markers of postoperative recovery in pediatric patients are difficult for parents to evaluate after hospital discharge, who use subjective proxies to assess recovery and the onset of complications. Consumer-grade wearable devices (e.g., Fitbit) generate objective recovery data in near real time and thus may provide an opportunity to remotely monitor postoperative patients and identify complications beyond the initial hospitalization. The aim of this study was to use daily step counts from a Fitbit to compare recovery in patients with complications to those without complications after undergoing appendectomy for complicated appendicitis.
Source: Journal of Surgical Research - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research