Computers in Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Application of Computer Systems in Critical Care....Pages 1-7
On-line Cardiovascular Applications of Microcomputers in Intensive Care....Pages 8-16
Organizing and Analyzing Clinical Information Using Table-Based, Graphics-Oriented, Interactive Computer Systems....Pages 17-22
An Attempt to Solve the “Information Explosion” in an Intensive Care Ward....Pages 23-28
Towards a Coherent Structure of the Anesthetist — computer Interface....Pages 29-37
Effect of Different Ventilation Patterns on the Intracranial Pressure in Neurologic Patients with Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 38-42
Computer Applications in Pulmonary Function Testing....Pages 43-56
The Assessment of Gas Exchange by Automated Analysis of O 2 and CO 2 Alveolar to Arterial Differences: 3 Years Experience in Respiratory Clinical Physiology....Pages 57-65
Computers in Experimental Pathophysiological Research....Pages 66-74
Data Bases in Acute Medicine....Pages 75-77
Computerized Clinical Records in the Neurosurgical ICU with Self-updating of Some Biological Data....Pages 78-81
Organization and Analysis of Data from Patients with Trauma and Hemorrhage....Pages 82-95
Computer Assisted ICU Monitoring....Pages 96-99
Automatic Signal Analysis and Prediction in Intensive Medical Care....Pages 100-106
Artifact Processing in a Computerized Intensive Care Unit....Pages 107-115
Personal Computers for Gas Exchange Measurements in the ICU....Pages 116-122
Integration of a New Computer HP 9816S in the Pulmonary Calculator System HP 47804S. Advantages of Using the Screen for Graphic Presentation of Flow-Volume Curves....Pages 123-129
Measurement of Oxygen Uptake with a New Method....Pages 130-133
A Microcomputerassisted System for the Monitoring of Cardiorespiratory Variables in the Critically Ill....Pages 134-137
Selective Lung Ventilation....Pages 138-146
Automated Anesthetic Record Keeping....Pages 147-161
Computer Aided Methods to Predict Perioperative Risks....Pages 162-183
New Tasks for Medical Informatics....Pages 184-189
Artificial Intelligence: the Expert Systems Approach to Medical Consultation....Pages 190-197
Expert Consultation Systems in Medicine....Pages 198-206
The Importance of Using a Computer to Provide Pediatric Anesthesia and Emergency Drug Information and Treatment Regimens in the Clinical Setting....Pages 207-211
Computer Systems in Artificial Ventilations (New Techniques)....Pages 212-220
Series Dead Space Volume Assessed as the Mean Value of a Distribution Function....Pages 221-227
Evaluation of Indices for Respiratory Mechanics from an Automated System....Pages 228-234
Mathematical Modelling for Prediction of Optimal Ventilator Settings....Pages 235-246
Indications for the Application of Closed Loop Systems in Perioperative Medicine....Pages 247-251
Glucose-Insulin-Potassium Therapy Guided by a Glucose-Controlled Insulin Infusion System in Acute Myocardial Infarction....Pages 252-258
Changes in Monitoring Methods Caused by the Use of Intelligent Bedside Equipment....Pages 259-264
Automated Arrhythmia Detection in Intensive Care....Pages 265-279
Monitoring Intracranial Pressure — Nuisance to, or Advantage for, Ward Personnel....Pages 280-289
Computerized Neuromonitoring....Pages 290-306
Computer-Assisted Monitoring of Intracranial Pressure in Stroke....Pages 307-310
Microprocessor-Controlled Registration and Evaluation of Respiratory Pressure-Volume Diagrams in ICUs....Pages 311-318
Napros....Pages 319-328
A Real Time Pattern Recognition Program for Continuous Processing of Cardiovascular Biosignals....Pages 329-333
Microcomputer-Assisted ICP Monitoring in Neurological Patients....Pages 334-340