title: [Use of computers in intensive care. EGAGE: a program for combined blood gas analysis and analysis of expired gas].
abstract: The large amount of data resulting from arterial and venous HGA's and analysis of expired gases carried out during the monitoring of critical surgical patients has been statistically reduced to only seven parameters. Personal Mini Computer software able to quantify or predict the necessity for mechanical ventilatory assistance in individual cases has been developed on the basis of the 7 parameters. The system, presently used only as a check, has been found very reliable. Two cases are reported in order to illustrate its use in intensive treatment.
mesh_terms: D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D003201:Computers; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012984:Software; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
vernacular_title: L'uso dell'elaboratore in terapia intensiva. EGAGE: Un programma per l'esame combinato dell'emogasanalisi (EGA) e dell'analisi dei gas espirati (AGE).