Integrated monitoring and analysis for early warning of patient deterioration

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-68

  Tarassenko, Lionel ^a   Hann, A ^a   Young, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care; Data fusion; Early warning; Signal analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ASTHMA; AUTOMATION; BREATHING RATE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL VALUE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 33745713040     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/ael113     Document Type: Review

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