Database design of an intensive care unit patient data management system

Author

Fumai, N. ; Collet, C. ; Petroni, M. ; Roger, K. ; Lam, A. ; Saab, E. ; Malowany, A.S. ; Carnevale, F.A. ; Gottesman, R.D.

Author_Institution

McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada

fYear

1991

fDate

12-14 May 1991

Firstpage

78

Lastpage

85

Abstract

A patient data management system (PDMS) developed for use in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Montreal Children´s Hospital is described. The PDMS acquires real-time patient data from a network of physiological bedside monitors, and facilitates the review and interpretation of this data by presenting it as graphical trends, charts, and plots on a color video display. The data management structure integrates varied data types and provides database support for different applications, while preserving the real-time acquisition of network data. This structure is based primarily on OS/2 Extended Edition relational database. The relational database design is expected to solve the query shortcomings of the previous data management structure, as well as offer support for security and concurrency

Keywords

data acquisition; medical administrative data processing; real-time systems; relational databases; Montreal Children´s Hospital; OS/2 Extended Edition relational database; PDMS; color video display; concurrency; data acquisition; data security; data types; database support; intensive care unit; patient data management system; physiological bedside monitors; query; real-time patient data; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical monitoring; Computer displays; Deductive databases; Hospitals; Information management; Memory; Operating systems; Pediatrics; Relational databases;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Based Medical Systems, 1991. Proceedings of the Fourth Annual IEEE Symposium

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2164-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CBMS.1991.128945

Filename

128945