About the Authors

Shona D'Arcy

shonadarcy@rcsi.ie

Affiliation Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Elaine MacHale

Affiliation The Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Jansen Seheult

Affiliation The Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Martin S. Holmes

Affiliation Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Cian Hughes

Affiliation Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Imran Sulaiman

Affiliation The Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Deirdre Hyland

Affiliation Clinical Research Centre, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Conor O'Reilly

Affiliation The Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Senan Glynn

Affiliation The Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Thekra Al-Zaabi

Affiliation The Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

John McCourt

Affiliation Dublin Centre for Clinical Research, Dublin, Ireland

Terence Taylor

Affiliation Vitalograph, Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland

Frank Keane

Affiliation Vitalograph, Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland

Isabelle Killane

Affiliation Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Richard B. Reilly

Affiliation Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Richard W. Costello

Affiliations The Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, Clinical Research Centre, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The following authors are named on the patent application for the device described in this paper: RB Reilly, RW Costello, I Killane, MS Holmes and C Hughes. The two authors affiliated with the company Vitalograph are included to acknowledge the contribution they made by providing us with the hardware for our monitoring devices. The patent, PCT/EP2013/067932, was filed on the 29th of August 2013. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IK CH MSH TT RWC TA-Z. Performed the experiments: EMH DH RWC. Analyzed the data: SD IS JS MSH RWC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FK JMC. Wrote the paper: SD IS RWC RR. Clinical advisors and provided access to patients: COR SG.