The influence of cardiograph design and automated algorithms on the incidence and detection of electrode cable reversals in an academic electrocardiogram laboratory

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 382-387

  Nilsson, Kent R ^a   Sewell, Phyllis M ^a   Blunden Kasdorf, Patricia ^a   Starkey, Kimberly ^a   Grant, Augustus O ^a   Wagner, Galen S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTRIC WIRING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; NORTH CAROLINA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 49449118002     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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