title: [The preoperative outpatient clinic--possible use of a personal computer].
abstract: Since 1977, the Department of Anesthesiology of the University of Graz has had a preoperative clinic. Since August 1988 we have processed current data using a personal computer (PC). We have adapted an IBM-compatible PC and a commercial data-processing program (dBase III plus) for the special requirements of the preoperative clinic. The procedure is directed by menus and is also easy to learn for non-professionals. Important functions have been executed automatically by the current program, such as loading the software or securing the data on a floppy disk. No additional work is necessary for data input. Every test result can be supplied immediately by a printer, whereby important parameters are denoted as such. After 13 months of testing, we could see that the use of a PC offers an inexpensive possibility for processing medical data with the help of electronics. The installation was not destined to remain a short trial, but will become a permanent system at our clinic.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie, LKH Graz.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prause
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gombotz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rehak
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: List
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001317:Austria; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Die präoperative Ambulanz--Einsatzmöglichkeit eines Personalcomputers.