Evaluation of a Wearable in-Ear Sensor for Temperature and Heart Rate Monitoring: A Pilot Study.

"Declarations Ethics approvalAll procedures conducted in our study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional review board and with the Helsinki declaration and its amendments. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients. Ethical approval for this study was provided by the University of Luebeck Ethics committee (Reg.-Nr.: 16–324). Informed consentInformed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Conflicts of interestThe authors have no known conflicts of interest associated with this study and there has been no significant financial support for this work that could have influenced its outcome. Conflicts of interest The authors have no known conflicts of interest associated with this study and there has been no significant financial support for this work that could have influenced its outcome."

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"Ethical approval for this study was provided by the University of Luebeck Ethics committee (Reg.-Nr.: 16–324). The study was registered in the German Clinical Trials Register (Reg.-No: DRKS00012848). All patients gave their written consent to be included in this observational study. Patients’ demographic and surgical details were recorded."