Maintenance of normal potassium homeostasis is increasingly an important limiting factor in the therapy of several diseases including patients with heart failure. Nowadays, quantification of potassium concentration in the blood ([K+]) is invasive and laboratory-based. The aims of the study were to develop a method quantifying [K+] from the electrocardiogram (ECG) and validate it on 13 hemodialysis (HD) and 7 congenital long-QT type 2 (LQT2) patients. Reference values were obtained from blood samples. An ECG-based potassium estimator (KECG) was defined and compared to the reference values. Data from 33/39 HD sessions gave consistent results. In 6 sessions, the presence of a systematic error inhibited reliable estimates. Patient specific calibration allowed good agreement in all HD patients (error: -0.04±0.61mM). As expected, [K+] was significantly underestimated in LQT2 patients (error: 1.24±0.75mM, p<0.01). Preliminary results show KECG estimates can be an effective tool for hyper/hypokalemic risk patient monitoring at home.

Cristiana Corsi, Johan De Bie, David Mortara, Stefano Severi (2012). Innovative Solutions in Health Monitoring at Home: The Real-Time Assessment of Serum Potassium Concentration from ECG. Heidelberg : Springer Verlag [10.1007/978-3-642-30779-9_15].

Innovative Solutions in Health Monitoring at Home: The Real-Time Assessment of Serum Potassium Concentration from ECG

CORSI, CRISTIANA;SEVERI, STEFANO
2012

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Maintenance of normal potassium homeostasis is increasingly an important limiting factor in the therapy of several diseases including patients with heart failure. Nowadays, quantification of potassium concentration in the blood ([K+]) is invasive and laboratory-based. The aims of the study were to develop a method quantifying [K+] from the electrocardiogram (ECG) and validate it on 13 hemodialysis (HD) and 7 congenital long-QT type 2 (LQT2) patients. Reference values were obtained from blood samples. An ECG-based potassium estimator (KECG) was defined and compared to the reference values. Data from 33/39 HD sessions gave consistent results. In 6 sessions, the presence of a systematic error inhibited reliable estimates. Patient specific calibration allowed good agreement in all HD patients (error: -0.04±0.61mM). As expected, [K+] was significantly underestimated in LQT2 patients (error: 1.24±0.75mM, p<0.01). Preliminary results show KECG estimates can be an effective tool for hyper/hypokalemic risk patient monitoring at home.
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Cristiana Corsi, Johan De Bie, David Mortara, Stefano Severi (2012). Innovative Solutions in Health Monitoring at Home: The Real-Time Assessment of Serum Potassium Concentration from ECG. Heidelberg : Springer Verlag [10.1007/978-3-642-30779-9_15].
Cristiana Corsi; Johan De Bie; David Mortara; Stefano Severi
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