title: ABICUS: ABerdeen Intensive Care Unit System.
abstract: Specialised ICUs have improved the care of the critically ill patient, but in doing so produce a deluge of patient data. Microprocessor based systems can optimise both collection and efficient utilisation of such data. In Aberdeen we have developed a general ICU shell which is portable and can be configured to individual ICU needs. The following article describes the Aberdeen ICU System built around this shell.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ramayya
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
mesh_terms: D005103:Expert Systems; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008838:Microcomputers; D012606:Scotland; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design