Can technology further improve the safety of anesthesia?

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1026-1027

  Ansermino, J Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSIS;

ADVERSE OUTCOMES; AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; COGNITIVE LIMITATIONS; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; HUMAN ATTENTION; MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES; MULTI-FACETED APPROACH; PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; DEVICE SAFETY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING;

ANESTHESIA; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 61849096569     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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