TY - JOUR
T1 - A knowledge-based alarm system for monitoring cardiac operated patients
T2 - Technical construction and evaluation
AU - Sukuvaara, Tommi
AU - Koski, Erkki
AU - Mäkivirta, Aki
AU - Kari, Aarno
N1 - Project code: SAI3006
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - A knowledge-based alarm system for intensive care monitoring was designed, built, tested on-line, and evaluated. The system is a functional prototype of a highly specific patient monitor providing alarms on hypovolemia, hyperdynamic state, left ventricular failure and hypoventilation. These intelligent alarm functions aim to maintain the quality of patient monitoring even if nurses' attention is temporarily reduced or focused elsewhere. The alarm system has an electronic access to data available in a multichannel patient monitor and the patient data management system of the intensive care unit. Median filtering, trend estimation, and rule-based reasoning are applied when processing the measured variables and estimating the patient's state.
AB - A knowledge-based alarm system for intensive care monitoring was designed, built, tested on-line, and evaluated. The system is a functional prototype of a highly specific patient monitor providing alarms on hypovolemia, hyperdynamic state, left ventricular failure and hypoventilation. These intelligent alarm functions aim to maintain the quality of patient monitoring even if nurses' attention is temporarily reduced or focused elsewhere. The alarm system has an electronic access to data available in a multichannel patient monitor and the patient data management system of the intensive care unit. Median filtering, trend estimation, and rule-based reasoning are applied when processing the measured variables and estimating the patient's state.
U2 - 10.1007/BF01142282
DO - 10.1007/BF01142282
M3 - Article
SN - 0167-9945
VL - 10
SP - 117
EP - 126
JO - International Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing
JF - International Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing
IS - 2
ER -