Multi-parameter vital sign database to assist in alarm optimization for general care units

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 895-900

  Welch, James ^a   Kanter, Benjamin ^a   Skora, Brooke ^a   McCombie, Scott ^a   Henry, Isaac ^a   McCombie, Devin ^a   Kennedy, Rosemary ^a   Soller, Babs ^a  

^a Sotera Wireless   (United States)

Author keywords

Alarm fatigue; Patient monitoring; Rapid response system; Vital sign management

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS; MONITORING; PATIENT MONITORING;

ALARM THRESHOLDS; MULTIPARAMETERS; RAPID RESPONSE; RAPID RESPONSE TEAMS; RESPIRATORY RATE; VITAL SIGN; VITAL SIGN MONITORING; WIRELESS MONITORING SYSTEM;

ALARM SYSTEMS;

ALARM MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING RATE; CLOUD COMPUTING; CLOUD HOSTED DATABASE; DATA BASE; FATIGUE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GENERAL DEVICE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MONITOR; MULTI PARAMETER MONITORING; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; PULSE RATE; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; VITAL SIGN; ALARM MONITOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE FAILURE; FACTUAL DATABASE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CLINICAL ALARMS; CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEART RATE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RESPIRATORY RATE; VITAL SIGNS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84944706105     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: 15732614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-015-9790-8     Document Type: Article

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