The vital signs monitoring data of an infant receiving intensive care are a rich source of information about its health condition. One major concern about the state of health of such patients is the onset of neonatal sepsis, a life-threatening bloodstream infection. As early signs are subtle and current diagnosis procedures involve slow laboratory testing, sepsis detection based on the monitore...

This research involves the development of a custom electronic stethoscope system for monitoring abdominal, or so-called bowel, sounds in premature infants. Possible causes of bowel dysfunction in premature infants include bowel obstruction, functional or anatomic, which may be reflected as an abnormality or lack of peristalsis. Such dysfunction is problematic to feeding the infant. This perista...