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Patient Monitoring Systems
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Repeated or continuous observations or measurements of the patient, his or her physiological function, and the function of life support equipment, for the purpose of guiding management decisions, including when to make therapeutic interventions, and assessment of those interventions” [Hudson, 1985, p. 630].
A patient monitor may not only alert caregivers to potentially life-threatening events; many provide physiologic input data used to control directly connected life-support devices.
Patient Monitoring in ICUs
Categories of patients who need physiologic monitoring:
Patients with unstable physiologic regulatory systems;
Example: a patient whose respiratory system is suppressed by a drug overdose or anesthesia.
Patients with a suspected life-threatening condition;
Example: a patient who has findings indicating an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack).
Patients at high risk of developing a life-threatening condition;
Example: patients immediately post open-heart surgery, or a premature infant whose heart and lungs are not fully developed.
Patients in a critical physiological state;
Example: patients with multiple trauma or septic shock
TEMPERATURE
Number of channels: 2
Range: 0°C to 45°C (32°F to 113°F)
Alarms: User-selectable upper and lower limits for central body T1, Peripheral temperature T2
Resolution: ±0.02°C
Displayed parameters: Temperature 1, temperature 2
Trends: 24 hours with 1-minute resolution