Reliability of Patient Monitoring Apparatus

Overview

Journal Br Med J

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1971 Jun 26

PMID 5090760

Citations 2

Authors

T R Evans

T J Clark

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Abstract

Assessment of a patient monitoring system used in a general medical intensive care ward showed that the blood pressure subsystem was unreliable. The method used in this study is discussed in relation to the clinical requirements of patient monitoring apparatus.

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