Computers in Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Analog Computation for Evaluation of Ventilators....Pages 1-18
Ventilator Surveillance — Routine Application and Quality Control....Pages 19-26
Automated Estimation of Respiratory Dead Space: Tidal Volume Ratio....Pages 27-32
A Microprocessor Controlled Respiratory Monitor....Pages 33-39
A Microcomputer-Based Multipatient Monitoring System for the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit....Pages 41-50
Instrumentation and Automation of an ICU Respiratory Testing System....Pages 51-58
Monitoring of the Cyclic Modulation of Cardiac Output during Artifical Ventilation....Pages 59-68
Computer Assistance in Assessment and Management of Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 69-78
Closed Loop Therapy in the Critical Care Unit Using Microprocessor Controllers....Pages 79-87
Retrospective and Prospective Studies of a Computerized Algorithm for Predicting Outcome in Acute Postoperative Circulatory Failure....Pages 89-101
Clinical Evaluation of three Types of Continuously Measuring Oxygen Sensors — Their Potential Use for Computer Control of Blood Oxygenation....Pages 103-119
Computer Assisted Evaluation and Computation of Pulmonary Function in the Critically Ill Neonate....Pages 121-128
Computerized Monitoring of Lung and Heart Function in the Operating Room: A Description of “Methodological Platform”....Pages 129-148
Off-Line Intermittent Computerized Cardiopulmonary Evaluation of Surgical Patients....Pages 149-156
The Continuous Monitoring of Tissue pH in Critically Ill Adults....Pages 157-163
Alpha Ionisation for Continuous Computerized Cardiorespiratory Monitoring during Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 165-171
Clinical Basis and Use of an Automated ICU Testing System....Pages 173-188
Organ System Data Display in an ICU Data Base Management System....Pages 189-195
The Amorphous Data Base Implementation on Microprocessors and Relation to Non Algorithmic Diagnosis....Pages 197-207
Critical Care Instrumentation: An Approach Using Modular Elements and Distributed Processing....Pages 209-215
Knowledge Engineering in Clinical Care....Pages 217-222
Computer Based Fluid Balance Records....Pages 223-232
Determination of Pulmonary Hydration by Means of Transthoracic Impedance Measurements....Pages 233-242
On-Line Measurement of Respiratory Gas Exchange: Role of VO2 as Determinant of O2 Delivery....Pages 243-251
The Measurement of the Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity by a Rebreathing Technique during Controlled Ventilation....Pages 253-264
Clinical Experience with a Microcomputer-Based Intensive Care Data Management System....Pages 265-267
Clinical Evaluation of Automated Arrhythmia Monitoring and its Integration with Respiratory Monitoring in a General Computerized Information System....Pages 269-277
Mass Spectrometry in Anaesthesia....Pages 279-280
Computerized ICU Data Management....Pages 281-290
A Computer Activated Two-Variable Trend Alarm....Pages 291-310
A Comprehensive Pulmonary Data Processing System....Pages 311-328
A New Approach to Application of a Computer in Spirometry....Pages 329-346
A New Concept of the Forced Expiratory Spirogram and the Effort Independent Portion of the Flow-Volume Loop. A Computer Analysis....Pages 347-373
Automated Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Test Results....Pages 375-379
Extracting Information from Blood Gas Analyses....Pages 381-391
Computer Assisted Respiratory Management for the Critically Ill....Pages 393-400
Modular End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Analyzer....Pages 401-405
Pulmonary Artery Diastolic Pressure Measurement Improved by Use of Analog Circuits....Pages 407-412
Back Matter....Pages 413-427