Implications of resolved hypoxemia on the utility of desaturation alerts sent from an anesthesia decision support system to supervising anesthesiologists

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 929-933

  Epstein, Richard H ^a   Dexter, Franklin ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; TEXT MESSAGING;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANOXIA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866943680     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31825c7f0c     Document Type: Article

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