Effect of altering alarm settings: A randomized controlled study

Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 214-222

  Cvach, Maria ^a   Rothwell, Kathleen J ^a   Cullen, Ann Marie ^a   Nayden, Mary Grace ^a   Cvach, Nicholas ^b   Pham, Julius Cuong ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ALARM SIGNALS; CARDIAC ARREST; CONTROLLED TRIAL; DATA COLLECTION; EVENT-TRIGGERED; LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD GROUPS;

ALARM SYSTEMS;

ADULT; ALARM MONITOR; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL ALARM; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; DEVICES; HEART DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING;

CLINICAL ALARMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84930017069     PISSN: 08998205     EISSN: 19435967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2345/0899-8205-49.3.214     Document Type: Article

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