Title :
Detection of false alarms using an integrated anesthesia monitor
Author :
Navabi, Mohammed J. ; Mylrea, Kenneth C. ; Watt, Richard C.
Author_Institution :
Arizona Univ., Health Sci. Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
A computer-based system was used to collect and analyze data from five routinely used operating room monitors in order to identify meaningful alarm conditions and reduce the number of false positive alarms. Several methods for reduction of false alarms were implemented (patient-dependent limits, multivariable analysis and rate of change). The system was tested using operating room data from 21 surgical cases. The integrated monitor was able to correctly identify 10 of 11 intubations. Recognition of intubation was used in detection of false end-tidal-CO2 alarms, reducing them by 70%. False heart-rate alarms were reduced by 68% using multivariable analysis and rate-of-change limits
Keywords :
patient monitoring; clinical monitoring; computer-based system; false alarms detection; integrated anesthesia monitor; intubations; multivariable analysis; patient-dependent limits; rate-of-change limits; surgical cases; Anesthesia; Anesthetic drugs; Computer displays; Computer interfaces; Computerized monitoring; Condition monitoring; Heart rate; Patient monitoring; Pressure measurement; Surgery;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96449
