Computer-aided pediatric anesthesia and emergencies medications dosing

Author

Mazala, Meir

Author_Institution

Dept. of Anesthesiology, Hahnemann Univ. Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

26-27 Mar 1990

Firstpage

121

Abstract

Summary form only given. Based on the answers to four questions concerning age, weight, prematurity (yes/no), and hematocrit (optional), a program is discussed which will calculate intubation equipment size, ventilation parameters, fluid requirements, estimated blood volume, and acceptable blood loss, as well as individualized doses of anesthesia medications, emergency medications, and intravenous infusions. The results are displayed on the monitor screen, and a printout is generated. The program is designed to be used on any computer running MS-DOS with at least 256 K memory, one disk drive, and any printer

Keywords

medical computing; microcomputer applications; patient care; 256 Kbyte; MS-DOS; acceptable blood loss; age; anesthesia medications; computer aided pediatric anesthesia; disk drive; emergencies medications dosing; emergency medications; estimated blood volume; fluid requirements; hematocrit; individualized doses; intravenous infusions; intubation equipment size; monitor screen; prematurity; printer; printout; program; ventilation parameters; weight; Anesthesia; Biomedical monitoring; Blood; Computer errors; Computerized monitoring; Disk drives; Hospitals; Parameter estimation; Printers; Ventilation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, 1990., Proceedings of the 1990 Sixteenth Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

State College, PA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.1990.66315

Filename

66315