Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiac Patients During the Pandemic Situation Due to COVID-19

Abstract

When treating cardiac patients, the most important factors for doctors and the healthcare system are monitoring or diagnosis of the patient when required or sometimes continuously. Cardiac patients often have trouble visiting healthcare centers for their treatment. Patients living in remote places face more difficulties in this respect. Moreover, during the COVID-19 pandemic, such patients needed to avoid contact with others. As a whole, remote diagnostic or remote treatment facilities are the need of the hour, and Medical Internet of Things (MIoT) is the feasible solution to this situation. MIoT is equipped with wearable devices and remote or internet-based connection with healthcare information systems. This chapter explores application of an MIoT-based infrastructure for the treatment of cardiac patients. Possibilities explored are using various wearable sensors, devices and transmission; storing patient records and then analyzing the patient data; disease prediction; and decisions supporting or generating automatic alarms based on a patient’s deterioration.