caa a22 4500 465813712 CHVBK 20180323112121.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01724206 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01724206 Frequency and reliability of alarms in the monitoring of cardiac postoperative patients [Elektronische Daten] [Erkki Koski, Aki Mäkivirta, Tommi Sukuvaara, Aarnc Kari] Postoperative monitoring of cardiac operated patients requires appropriately functioning monitor alarms as well as intensive nursing activity. The limit alarms can be used for detection of life-threatening situations and monitoring of physiological changes in the patient's state. We studied the significance and the frequency of audible alarms during the postoperative intensive care of ten cardiac patients. Of 1307 occasions when such an alarm was activated during the study period of approximately 26 hours per patient, only 139 (10.6%) were significant. The highest proportion of significant audible limit alarms was found during the immediate postoperative period. Heart rate alarms were more reliable than alarms of the other parameters monitored in the study. Possibilities for improving the physiological monitoring and alarm system are discussed. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 alarms nationallicence equipment safety nationallicence critical care nationallicence monitoring physiological nationallicence cardiac postoperative care nationallicence Koski Erkki Dept. of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Kuopio University Centr. Hosp., SF-70210, Kuopio, Finland aut Mäkivirta Aki Medical Engineering Laboratory, Technical Research Centre of Finland, P.O.B. 316, SF-33101, Tampere, Finland aut Sukuvaara Tommi Medical Engineering Laboratory, Technical Research Centre of Finland, P.O.B. 316, SF-33101, Tampere, Finland aut Kari Aarnc Dept. of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Kuopio University Centr. Hosp., SF-70210, Kuopio, Finland aut International journal of clinical monitoring and computing Springer Netherlands 7/2(1990-04-01), 129-133 0167-9945 7:2<129 1990 7 12521 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01724206 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01724206 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Koski Erkki Dept. of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Kuopio University Centr. Hosp., SF-70210, Kuopio, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mäkivirta Aki Medical Engineering Laboratory, Technical Research Centre of Finland, P.O.B. 316, SF-33101, Tampere, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sukuvaara Tommi Medical Engineering Laboratory, Technical Research Centre of Finland, P.O.B. 316, SF-33101, Tampere, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kari Aarnc Dept. of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Kuopio University Centr. Hosp., SF-70210, Kuopio, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International journal of clinical monitoring and computing Springer Netherlands 7/2(1990-04-01), 129-133 0167-9945 7:2<129 1990 7 12521 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer