Intensive care unit alarms-How many do we need?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 451-456

  Siebig, Sylvia ^a   Kuhls, Silvia ^b   Imhoff, Michael ^c   Gather, Ursula ^b   Schölmerich, Jürgen ^a   Wrede, Christian E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d HELIOS KLINIKUM BERLIN BUCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alarm algorithms; Alarm database; Cardiovascular monitoring; Intensive care unit alarms; Noise; Smart alarms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALARM MONITOR; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 74949112277     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181cb0888     Document Type: Article

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