The future of wearable sweat sensors in intensive care units: Toward a new era of noninvasive, continuous real-time monitoring
- 1Department of Critical Care Medicine, Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Abstract
There is an urgent need for noninvasive, continuous patient monitoring technology in the intensive care unit. As an emerging monitoring tool, wearable sweat sensors can obtain multiple biochemical marker information in real-timely and noninvasively, and have significant advantages. This article reviews the basic principles of wearable sweat sensors, biomarkers in sweat, and their application prospects in intensive care units, covering their potential in inflammation monitoring, metabolic management, drug monitoring, and so on, and provides an in depth discussion of technical maturity, clinical verification, system integration, and standardization challenges. It was finally pointed out that wearable sweat sensors are expected to promote the transformation of critical care into personalized, predictive, and preventive medicine through integration with digital health systems.
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BibTeX
@article{mei2026future,
title = {{The future of wearable sweat sensors in intensive care units: Toward a new era of noninvasive, continuous real-time monitoring}},
author = {Jinyuan Mei and Qizhang Yang and Mi Tian and Shuixiang Deng and Ye Gong},
journal = {Journal of intensive medicine},
year = {2026},
month = may,
doi = {10.1016/j.jointm.2026.03.004},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13728388},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - The future of wearable sweat sensors in intensive care units: Toward a new era of noninvasive, continuous real-time monitoring
AU - Jinyuan Mei
AU - Qizhang Yang
AU - Mi Tian
AU - Shuixiang Deng
AU - Ye Gong
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/05/17
JO - Journal of intensive medicine
DO - 10.1016/j.jointm.2026.03.004
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13728388
AB - There is an urgent need for noninvasive, continuous patient monitoring technology in the intensive care unit. As an emerging monitoring tool, wearable sweat sensors can obtain multiple biochemical marker information in real-timely and noninvasively, and have significant advantages. This article reviews the basic principles of wearable sweat sensors, biomarkers in sweat, and their application prospects in intensive care units, covering their potential in inflammation monitoring, metabolic management, drug monitoring, and so on, and provides an in depth discussion of technical maturity, clinical verification, system integration, and standardization challenges. It was finally pointed out that wearable sweat sensors are expected to promote the transformation of critical care into personalized, predictive, and preventive medicine through integration with digital health systems.
SN - 2097-0250
SN - 2667-100X
ER -