Predicting sepsis on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

To reduce the mortality rate of sepsis, treatment needs to be started as soon as possible. One should however first be sure about the occurrence of sepsis. Currently, the suspicion of sepsis in premature infants is based on non-specific physiological changes. The detection of alterations in the inter-heartbeat interval preceding sepsis can offer...

Design proposal for using a new incubator technique for BabyBloom Healthcare

This thesis is the result of the master graduation project of Danielle Ceulemans titled: Design proposal for using a new incubator technique for BabyBloom Healthcare. The design proposal describes a new incubator technique to prevent extreme premature infants from cold stress during a medical procedure while having optimal access to the infant....