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Predicting Hypoglycaemia and Arrhythmias in the Vulnerable Patient With Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease - Validation Study
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating 12-lead ECG T-shirt and Dexcom G4-System for Diabetes and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 7 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (DM) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) exhibit an excessive risk for cardiac arrhythmias, in particular sudden cardiac death (SCD). Various studies have shown that hypoglycemic episodes are strong predictors of cardiovascular mortality in both type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients. Experimental data and small clinical studies link hypoglycemia with ECG changes and SCD, but little is known about the direct association of hypoglycemic events and/or rapid swings in blood glucose with arrhythmias in this high risk population. Ideally, an algorithm should help to identify patients at risk for hypoglycemia-associated arrhythmias and SCD, but hitherto systematic analyses of blood glucose values and 12-channel ECGs are lacking in these patients. In this validation study a 12-lead ECG T-shirt consisting of textile electrodes and a data logging device wich can record long-term 12-lead ECG data will be tested. The purpose of the T-shirt is to improve the patient's comfort for long-term recordings and to prevent adverse effects of regular ECG electrodes. Current systems are limited by the use of ECG electrodes involving disadvantages like severe direct side effects on the skin such as rash and bullous lesions as well as slipping electrodes. By the means of the proposed ECG T-shirt those drawbacks will be avoided.
Study Details
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Interventions
The 12-lead ECG T-shirt system consists of three parts: the recording device, amplifier boards and the T-shirt.The T-shirt has 10 textile ECG electrode patches. The patches should be in contact with the patient's skin to record the electrical activity of the heart. The electrodes are made of electrically conductive textile. They are sewn into the inside of the T-shirt and are padded with foam. The cables to the device can be attached to snap fasteners on the outer side of the T-shirt on the ECG electrode patches.
Continuous Glucose Monitoring