Authors:
Fernando Crivellaro
1
;
Ana Isabel Sousa
1
;
Maria Narciso
1
;
Rui Valente de Almeida
1
;
Anselmo Costa
2
and
Pedro Vieira
1
Affiliations:
1
Faculty of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, Caparica Campus, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
;
2
Department of Paediatrics, Hospital Garcia de Orta, EPE, Almada, Portugal
Keyword(s):
Jaundice, Bilirubin, Newborns, Unified Modeling Language.
Abstract:
All newborns are routinely monitored for the development of jaundice due to they biological immaturity to conjugate bilirubin. This situation is worrying because neonatal jaundice is a very common condition and high-levels of unconjugated bilirubin concentration have neurotoxic effects. Therefore, a continuous bilirubin monitoring system for newborns is being suggested to overcome visual inspection errors and to reduce invasive procedures. This system is presented through a macro view modeling approach, in order to validate the requirements and to build a base infrastructure to posteriorly progress in more detailed diagrams for development support. The Unified Modeling Language was used for diagrams composition and, thus, it was also developed a brief description about the different diagram types, in order to clarify the diagrams selection. The system modeling at early stages was considered a powerful engineering methodology for new designs due to its diffusion capacity of the system
basic concepts for the respective interdisciplinary group involved in this research.
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