title: Linking mass spectrometers to provide continuing monitoring during system failure.
abstract: Although multipatient monitoring with a time-shared mass spectrometer provides considerable cost advantages, failure of one component in a shared system can disrupt gas monitoring at all sites. We describe a simple method for linking two central mass spectrometer systems to provide continual monitoring during failure of one unit, without the need for time-consuming reconfiguration of individual patient sample line and display connections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Steinbrook
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Philip
mesh_terms: D004868:Equipment Failure; D006755:Hospital Shared Services; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology*