DocumentCode
1866124
Title
Distribution of principal sources of invalid physiologic data
Author
Aukburg, S.J. ; Matsiras, P.V. ; Garfunkel, D. ; Carson, E.R.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Anesthesia, Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
fYear
1989
fDate
9-12 Nov 1989
Abstract
Data from 130 consecutive patients undergoing general anesthesia in one of the day surgery operating rooms of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania were collected and filed for subsequent evaluation. The data indicate that a validation process could eliminate a substantial portion of both cautions and alarms. It was possible to validate 75% of all warnings and to invalidate 12%. This translates to a potential reduction from one audible alarm every 4 min to one every 16 min
Keywords
patient monitoring; physiology; 16 min; 4 min; University of Pennsylvania; alarms; cautions; data sources distribution; day surgery operating rooms; general anesthesia; invalid physiologic data; patients; validation process; Anesthesia; Biomedical monitoring; Blood pressure; Computerized monitoring; Condition monitoring; Electrocardiography; Hospitals; Mass spectroscopy; Surgery; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96448
Filename
96448
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