What is WARD?

Wireless Assessment of Respiratory and circulatory Distress (WARD) is an innovative clinical support system founded in 2016. The WARD project integrates input from patient monitoring devices with intelligent algorithms to yield high-quality patient observations with real-time alarms triggered by patient vital sign deterioration.

Intended for use in several patient settings where the advantages and benefits of continuous monitoring may be fundamental, the WARD system has been used in monitoring postoperative high-risk patients, in patients hospitalized with COPD and in patients admitted with COVID-19 infection.

WARD allows doctors and nurses to follow patients’ acute medical disease progression or postoperative course. Real-time alarms will immediately alert relevant health care staff and allow initiation of treatment at a much earlier stage. Our well-designed and intuitive user interface offers health care professionals a valuable tool for overviewing current and historical vital signs.

Daily routines of manual patient monitoring can be fundamentally changed with 24/7 observation of peripheral oxygen saturation, heart rate, respiration rate, blood pressure etc. with alarms of important deviations. This allows more efficient use of resources and lets medical staff give attention to the patients with urgent needs while at the same time keeping an eye on the remaining patients.

Leadership

Eske Kvanner Aasvang

MD, DMSc, Professor

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Christian Sylvest Meyhoff

MD, PhD, Professor

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
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Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
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University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Postdocs & PhD students

Katja Kjær Grønbæk

Project leader – MD, PhD student

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
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Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
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University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Jesper Mølgaard

MD, PhD student

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Arendse Tange

Cand.scient.san.publ, PhD Student

The Danish Center for Social Science Research (VIVE) – Denmark

Casper Pedersen

MD, PhD student

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
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Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
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University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Søren Møller Rasmussen

MSc, PhD Student

Department of Health Technology –
Technical University of Denmark (DTU) – Denmark

Emilie Sigvardt

MD, PhD student

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
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Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
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University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Sharri Junadi Mortensen

MD, PhD student

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Other staff

Helle K. Hansen

Technical project leader

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Birgitte Jensen Mårup

Project coordinator

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
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Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
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University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Casper H. Guldager

Medical student

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Marlene Søgaard

Research Nurse

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
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Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
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University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Mia Lind Jepsen

Research Nurse

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
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Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
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University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Louise Haahr Nielsen

Research Nurse

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Mette Bruun Werner

Research Nurse

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
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Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
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University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Mathias Højte Olsen

Technical Staff

Department of Health Technology –
Technical University of Denmark (DTU) – Denmark

Tuyet-Hoa Hoang

Research nurse

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Nikolaj Aagaard

Medical student

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Academic achievements

Mikkel Elvkjær

MD, PhD

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
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Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
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University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Camilla Haahr-Raunkjær

MD, PhD

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
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Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
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University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Camilla Lundgreen Duus

Masters thesis

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
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Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
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University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Patrick S. Rasmussen

Bachelors thesis

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Rebecca Vienberg Leicht

Master’s thesis

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Søren Møller Rasmussen

Master’s thesis

Department of Health Technology –
Technical University of Denmark (DTU) – Denmark

Kasper Mørk Sørensen

Bachelor’s thesis

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Astrid Hundebøll

Bachelor’s thesis

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Johan Jokinen

Master’s thesis

Department of Health Technology –
Technical University of Denmark (DTU) – Denmark

Frederik C. Loft Jakobsen

Master’s thesis

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Emilie Sigvardt

Master’s thesis

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Clara E. Mathar

Master’s thesis

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Andreas Orth Johansen

Master’s thesis

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Magnus Skovby

Master’s thesis

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Sandra A. Thy

Master’s thesis

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Niels H. Brandt

Master’s thesis

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Marie Said Vang

Master’s thesis

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Rasmus Munch Olsen

Masters thesis

Department of Health Technology –
Technical University of Denmark (DTU) – Denmark

Nicharatch Songthawornpong

Masters thesis

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
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Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
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University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Thivya Vijayakumar

Masters thesis

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
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Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
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University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Asger Jacobsen

Master’s thesis

Anesthesiological Department

Centre for Cancer and Organ Diseases –

Rigshospitalet –
University of Copenhagen – Denmark

Katarina Cakanovic

Masters thesis

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
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Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital
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University of Copenhagen – Denmark