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[Development and use of a computerized anesthesia protocol].

Abstract

The real-time anaesthetic record allows the continuous on-line monitoring and the informative graphical presentation of important anaesthetic parameters; in this respect it is superior on the conventional made record. Preoperative findings and personal data of the patient are documented and presented by the aid of formulas on the terminal screen in addition to the on-line parameters and intraoperative off-line data e.g. drugs infusions, urine production, blood loss. The concept of the system is based on a microprocessor which is linked to daily used monitors by an analog-digital-converter. The wide use of the automatic record requires a relative high standard of monitors (e.g. mass spectrography), such that the applicability is limited to very extensive procedures of high risk patients.

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H J Hartung, H J Bender, P M Osswald, H Lutz, S G Olsson. 1983. [Development and use of a computerized anesthesia protocol].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6869763/

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