Differences in alarm events between disposable and reusable electrocardiography lead wires

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-74

  Albert, Nancy M ^a,b,c   Murray, Terri ^d   Bena, James F ^d   Slifcak, Ellen ^d   Roach, Joel D ^d   Spence, Jackie ^d   Burkle, Alicia ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Clinical monitoring unit at Cleveland Clinic ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE FAILURE; DEVICES; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECYCLING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMETRY;

AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84964228151     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2015663     Document Type: Article

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