Rapid bedside computation of cardiorespiratory variables with a programmable calculator.
The value prompt assessment of hemodynamic cardiorespiratory function in critically ill medical and surgical patients is widely appreciated. We have presented a system for rapidly computing these variables on real time in the ICU, for a capital outlay of less than $250. In so doing, we hope to extend the benefits of this type of assessment to the smaller community hospital ICU and individual clinicians.
D003201:Computers; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003422:Critical Care; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D012119:Respiration; D013997:Time Factors