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    Area of Science:

    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Physiological Monitoring
    • Signal Processing

    Background:

    • Continuous blood pressure monitoring is crucial for patient management.
    • Existing methods often require invasive procedures or cuff-based devices.
    • Photoplethysmography (PPG) offers a non-invasive alternative for physiological signal acquisition.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and validate a photoplethysmography-based blood pressure monitoring algorithm (PPG-BPM).
    • To estimate continuous systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) using only PPG signals.
    • To assess the algorithm's performance against invasive arterial blood pressure (ABP) measurements.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized pulse wave analysis (PWA) on PPG signals from the MIMIC I database.
    • Extracted morphological features from PPG signals.
    • Employed a multiple linear regression (MLR) model to map PPG features to SBP and DBP values.
    • Validated the algorithm on 47,153 synchronized PPG and ABP epochs.

    Main Results:

    • Achieved a Mean Absolute Error (MAE) of 6.10 mmHg for SBP and 4.65 mmHg for DBP compared to arterial lines.
    • Demonstrated high correlation coefficients: r = 0.90 for SBP and r = 0.85 for DBP (p < .001).
    • Binary classification for hypertension (SBP ≥ 130 mmHg and/or DBP ≥ 80 mmHg) yielded 79.11% sensitivity and 92.37% specificity.

    Conclusions:

    • The PPG-BPM algorithm provides a reliable, non-invasive method for continuous blood pressure estimation.
    • The algorithm shows significant potential for integration into wearable devices for remote patient monitoring.
    • Further validation across diverse populations and clinical settings is warranted.