Understanding heart rate alarm adjustment in the intensive care units through an analytical approach.

Heart rate (HR) alarms are prevalent in ICU, and these parameters are configurable. Not much is known about nursing behavior associated with tailoring HR alarm parameters to individual patients to reduce clinical alarm fatigue.To understand the relationship between heart rate (HR) alarms and adjustm...

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Main Authors: Richard L Fidler, Michele M Pelter, Barbara J Drew, Jorge Arroyo Palacios, Yong Bai, Daphne Stannard, J Matt Aldrich, Xiao Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5703448?pdf=render