Title :
A vital sign monitoring system for a pediatric intensive care unit
Author :
Kairouz, J. ; Lam, A. ; Malowany, A.S. ; Carnevale, F.A. ; Gottesman, R.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
A vital sign monitoring system was developed for the Patient Data Management System (PDMS) of the Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at the Montreal Children´s Hospital. Fourteen bedside monitors were linked via a local area network (LAN) to a personal computer acting as a medical, nursing and administrative decision support tool. This paper discusses the implementation of the Expert Monitoring System (EMS) module of the PDMS and some evaluation results for the expert system
Keywords :
computerised monitoring; decision support systems; local area networks; medical administrative data processing; medical expert systems; microcomputer applications; patient diagnosis; patient monitoring; Expert Monitoring System; LAN; Patient Data Management System; administrative decision support tool; bedside monitors; expert system; local area network; pediatric intensive care unit; personal computer; vital sign monitoring system; Biomedical monitoring; Computer displays; Computerized monitoring; Hospitals; Local area networks; Medical expert systems; Medical services; Microcomputers; Patient monitoring; Pediatrics;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Based Medical Systems, 1994., Proceedings 1994 IEEE Seventh Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Winston-Salem, NC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6256-5
DOI :
10.1109/CBMS.1994.316015
