The real-time monitoring of physiological parameters is essential for point-of-care testing. While nowadays routine tests are done through ex vivo analysis on frequently extracted blood, placing implantable sensors key blood such as lactate, glucose, ions, and oxygen would mean a giant step forward in the care critically ill patients, improving response time emergencies diminishing invasiveness...

Background: Neonatal sepsis is a clinical syndrome of bacteremia characterized by systemic signs and symptoms infection in the first 28 days life. Although, Positive blood culture gold standard for diagnosis neonatal septicemia, definitive results take at least 48–72 h, resulting treatment delay. Hence certain rapid diagnostic tests such as C-reactive protein, micro erythrocyte sedimentation ra...