A Pipeline for Real-Time Synchronization of Relevant Data in Pediatric Emergencies

Area of Science:

• Emergency Medicine
• Medical Informatics
• Biomedical Engineering

Background:

• Pediatric emergencies necessitate accurate medication dosing, a complex task.
• Current methods may lack the precision and speed required in critical situations.
• Technical aids are needed to support emergency physicians without hindering their actions.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop an automatic data processing pipeline for medication dosage calculation in pediatric emergencies.
• To synchronize multi-sensor data for precise calculations.
• To evaluate and compare data transmission protocols for optimal pipeline performance.

Main Methods:

• Development of an automatic data processing pipeline integrating multiple sensor inputs.
• Synchronization of sensor data for real-time calculations.
• Comparative evaluation of HTTP and MQTT transmission protocols for data transfer.

Main Results:

• The developed pipeline successfully synchronizes sensor data for dosage calculations.
• MQTT demonstrated significantly lower latency compared to HTTP.
• MQTT proved to be the more suitable protocol for the data processing pipeline.

Conclusions:

• An automatic data processing pipeline can enhance medication dosing accuracy in pediatric emergencies.
• MQTT is the preferred protocol for this application due to its efficiency.
• This technology can support emergency physicians by providing reliable, rapid dosage calculations.