Enhancing Patient Safety Through a Standardized Model of Physiologic Monitoring
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Enhancing patient safety through a standardized model of physiologic monitoring.
The use of physiologic monitoring (e.g., cardiac monitoring) as an important component in providing safe patient care has escalated over the past two decades. It enables the clinician to detect physiologic changes in the patient's condition before they become clinically significant, thus allowing anticipation and prevention of adverse events. Issues and concerns regarding physiologic monitoring...
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عنوان ژورنال: Healthcare Quarterly
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1929-6347
DOI: 10.12927/hcq..17662