Theatre monitor alarm settings: A pilot survey in Scotland and Belgium

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 176-180

  Asbury, A J ^a   Rolly, G ^b  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Equipment; alarms, monitors

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ALARM MONITOR; ALARM MONITORING; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; EQUIPMENT; HEART RATE; OPERATING ROOM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BELGIUM; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OPERATING ROOMS; OXYGEN; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0032910397     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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