U.S., Dec. 20 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07293299) titled 'The PneumoRator Study' on Nov. 24.
Brief Summary: Healthcare workers measure heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, oxygen levels and breathing rate to monitor how unwell a patient is. All these apart from breathing rate are now normally measured by machines. But there still isn't a machine that does this well enough for breathing rate to be used in most places. The machines that do exist are either uncomfortable or don't work well on patients who are moving. Instead, a healthcare worker will count the number of breaths a patient takes. This needs staff time and isn't very accurate.
It is known that changes in breathing rate can ...