Changepoint Detection in Heart Rate Variability Indices in Older Patients Without Cancer at End of Life Using Ballistocardiography Signals: Preliminary Retrospective Study
Naotake Yanagisawa,
Yuji Nishizaki,
Bingwei Yao
et al.
Abstract:Background
In an aging society such as Japan, where the number of older people continues to increase, providing in-hospital end-of-life care for all deaths, and end-of-life care outside of hospitals, such as at home or in nursing homes, will be difficult. In end-of-life care, monitoring patients is important to understand their condition and predict survival time; this information gives family members and caregivers time to prepare for the end of life. However, with no clear indicators, health care… Show more
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