Innovative Monitoring in PAediatrics in Low-resource settings: an Aid to save lives? A pilot study assessing a risk predictive monitor.

A predictive monitoring system for critically ill children in Malawi: a mixed-methods usability and implementation research (IMPALA-UIR)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202401873429493

Enrollment

200

Registered

2024-01-25

Start date

2024-01-29

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Paediatrics

Interventions

IMPALA 3.0 Monitor with integrated risk preedictive algorithm

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children admited to the High Dependency Unit (HDU) Requiring continuous vital signs monitoring according to the hospital guidelines and by judgement of the attending clinicians. Age: 29 days- 5 years Informed consent given by the guardian

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: No informed consent given No monitoring required/possible No informed consent given

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Alarms and interventions	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Hospital discharge alive/death	—

Countries

Malawi

Contacts

Public ContactGrieves Manganda Jr

Project Coordinator

gmang'anda@kuhes.ac.mw+265999657326

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026