Automation in Anesthesia — A Relief? A Systematic Approach to Computers in Patient Monitoring

Automation in Anesthesia — A Relief? A Systematic Approach to Computers in Patient Monitoring / by Annejet P. Meijler.

Describes a Data Acquisition and Display System (DADS) for patient monitoring during anesthesia. It combines flexible data presentation on two color screens with a new alarm me- chanism and automated record keeping.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meijler, Annejet P. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1987.
Edition:1st ed. 1987.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Anesthesiology.
Critical care medicine.
Biomedical engineering.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 General Introduction
  • 1.1 Introduction and Survey
  • 1.2 Historical Developments in Monitoring
  • 2 The Anesthesiologist’s Work in the Operating Room
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 General Task Description
  • 2.3 The Operating Room: Layout, Equipment, and Information Presentation
  • 2.4 Flowcharting Anesthesia
  • 2.5 Conclusions
  • 3 The Data Acquisition and Display System (DADS)
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Configuration
  • 3.3 Data How and Processing (Disturbance Detection)
  • 3.4 Data Presentation
  • 3.5 Operation of the System
  • 3.6 Datastorage
  • 3.7 Off-Line Graph and Report Facilities
  • 3.8 Planned Facilities
  • 3.9 Concluding Remarks
  • 4 The Evaluation Method
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Review of the Literature on Evaluation of Medical Equipment
  • 4.3 Setup of the General Evaluation Method
  • 4.4 Setup of the Evaluation Method as Applicable to DADS
  • 4.5 Summary
  • 5 Evaluation: The Tests on Performance of DADS
  • 5.1 General Introduction
  • 5.2 Efficiency of Warnings
  • 5.3 Controllability of Anesthesia
  • 5.4 Summary
  • 6 Evaluation: Redesign Considerations
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Ergonomics: Man-Machine Interaction
  • 6.3 Ergonomics: Information Presentation
  • 6.4 DADS4: The Integrated Workstation
  • 6.5 Summary
  • 7 The Automated Anesthesia Record
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 The Automated Anesthesia Record
  • 7.3 Evaluation of the Automated Anesthesia Record
  • 7.4 Discussion
  • 8 Critical Incidents: A Postscript
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Critical Incidents as a Means
  • 8.3 Discussion
  • Summary
  • Appendices
  • 1. The Anesthesia Activity Chart
  • 2. A Survey of Events During Coronary Bypass Surgery
  • 3. The Disturbance Detection Algorithm: Backgrounds
  • 4. Artifact Suppression
  • References.

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