Near real-time notification of gaps in cuff blood pressure recordings for improved patient monitoring

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 265-271

  Nair, Bala G ^a   Horibe, Mayumi ^b   Newman, Shu Fang ^a   Wu, Wei Ying ^c   Schwid, Howard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anesthesia information management system; Blood pressure monitoring; Decision support; Patient monitoring; Real time reminders

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD-PRESSURE MONITORING; CURRENT CONFIGURATION; DECISION SUPPORTS; EXTENDED GAP; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENTS OF; REAL-TIME REMINDERS;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PATIENT MONITORING;

BLOOD PRESSURE;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANESTHESIA; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE;

EID: 84878323282     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: 15732614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-012-9425-2     Document Type: Article

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