title: A knowledge-based approach to intelligent alarms in anesthesia.
abstract: The combination and aggregation of separate information sources to generate more ;intelligent' alarms using a knowledge-based approach is described. The approach gas developed as part of the knowledge-based anesthesia decision support system, AES-2, which monitors the patient's physiological state during anesthesia and eventually suggests therapeutic actions. Integration of the alarm system into a conventional information system is discussed. The state variable model used and the modeling of uncertainty are examined. The tools that support knowledge acquisition, design of knowledge-base prototypes. and test of the knowledge base of the AES-2 are described. A simulation example is given.
authors.affiliation: Aachen Univ. of Technol.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schecke
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rau
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Popp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kasmacher
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kalff
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zimmermann