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ArticleAnnual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference2018

Automatic Detection of Hot Flash Occurrence and Timing from Skin Conductance Activity.

Mohamad Forouzanfar, Massimiliano de Zambotti, Aimee Goldstone, Fiona C Baker

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Article in Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Hot flashes and sleep disruption in a randomized trial in menopausal women.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2025
    Trial
  2. Article
  3. Effects of menopause on temperature regulation.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2025
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Automatic Artifact Detection in Impedance Cardiogram Using Pulse Similarity Index.Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference · 2019
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohamad Forouzanfar
Massimiliano de Zambotti
Aimee Goldstone
Fiona C Baker
Menlo School · USSRI International · US

Funding

Sleep, Reproductive Transitions, and Health in WomenR01HL103688 · NHLBI · SRI INTERNATIONAL · PI BAKER, FIONA C · 2011 to 2015
$2.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL103688
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hot flashes (HF) are intense, transient feelings of heat usually accompanied with flushed skin and sweating that are experienced by women around the time of menopause. HFs are associated with poor quality of life and increased cardiovascular risk. Automatic detection of HF occurrence and precise timing of HF onset could provide unique insight into the physiology of the HF and its effect on the cardiovascular system. A novel automatic algorithm is proposed for the detection of HFs occurrence and timing from the sternal skin conductance signal that is robust to noise and artifacts. The method is based on the gold standard rule (2μS rise in skin conductance within 30 s) and considers several conditions based on the skin conductance level and its derivative to reject unwanted events. ECG-derived heart rate pattern variations are studied prior to the detected HF onset. The algorithm is validated against expert detected HFs over 200 hours of sleep data collected from 12 perimenopausal women. It achieved a total accuracy of 93% and a total error of 3% in HF detection. It was observed that heart rate increased before the onset of 80% of the HFs occurring in undisturbed sleep. Application of this algorithm along with fusion of other simultaneously recorded physiological measures has the potential to advance understanding of the HF.

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Hot FlashesFemaleHeart RateHumansQuality of LifeSleepSweating

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PMID30440580
PMCPMC7477890
OpenAlexW2899152637

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