Apps and intensive care medicine.
Technological advances have played a key role over the last century in the development of humankind. Critical Care Medicine is one of the greatest examples of this revolution. Smartphones with multiple sensors constitute another step forward, and have led to the development of apps for use by both professionals and patients. We discuss their main medical applications in the field of Critical Care Medicine.
Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, España. Electronic address: diglesias@saludcastillayleon.es.
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Iglesias-Posadilla
Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario de Cruces, Baracaldo, Vizcaya, España.
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Gómez-Marcos
Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Madrid, España.
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Hernández-Tejedor
D040421:Cell Phone; D003201:Computers; D003219:Confidentiality; D003422:Critical Care; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D050456:Fomites; D005544:Forecasting; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D057226:Information Seeking Behavior; D062069:Inventions; D008511:Medicine; D063731:Mobile Applications; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010602:Pharmacopoeias as Topic; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends
Aplicaciones móviles; Critical care; Cuidados intensivos; Handheld computer; Mobile applications; Smartphone; Tableta; Teléfono inteligente