title: Microcomputer decision support system for intensive care.
abstract: This article describes a computer system to support decisions in Intensive Medicine developed for a multipurpose Intensive Care Unit (13 beds and about 700 yearly patients). The system is used in a microcomputer (486DX4). Works done in this area are mentioned; and the different programs which integrate the system, the advantages of its use and the results accomplished are described. Some of the most important results are the quality increment of the medical care given, physicians' possibilities of dedicating more time to their patients, cost reductions, and improvements in the development of teaching and in the conditions to carry out research work in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). An analysis is made of the system requirements that guarantee its integration to the Unit work, and the easy and safe use of it by the physicians and nurses.
authors.affiliation: CORPUS, Research Center for Equipment and Medical Informatic, Electrical Engineering Faculty, Oriente University, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. nelsonc@fie.uo.edu.cu
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Cañizares
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Gurris
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pear
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Quintero
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Soto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lannes
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Obrador
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers