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Managing Children’s Asthma with a Low Cost Web-Enabled Multifunctional Device

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Ambient Media and Systems (AMBI-SYS 2013)

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The essence of this paper is to present an innovative, viable, low cost, cloud based asthma management system solution, regarding children’s asthma issues. The proposed device is a spirometric element that combines the functionality of several other devices that are so important for the daily life of asthma patients aged between 6 to 14. All the above are achieved using the latest technology in wireless and medical equipment that would make the device become irreplaceable to the end user.

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Smanis, I., Poursanidis, G., Angelidis, P., Tzallas, A.T., Tsalikakis, D. (2013). Managing Children’s Asthma with a Low Cost Web-Enabled Multifunctional Device. In: Angelis, C.T., Fotiadis, D., Tzallas, A.T. (eds) Ambient Media and Systems. AMBI-SYS 2013. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 118. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04102-5_6

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