Understanding vital-sign abnormalities in critical care patients
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Understanding vital-sign abnormalities in critical care patients
The number of avoidable cardiac arrests and unplanned admissions to ICU in step-down units (SDUs) remains too high. We have previously shown how a data fusion index, based on the integration of vital signs continuously monitored in SDUs, can identify the cardio-respiratory instability which often precedes these adverse events [1]. We show how the correlations between vital signs, captured in a ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Critical Care
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: 10.1186/cc8379