Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 39-50 , March 2009

Smart alarms from medical devices in the OR and ICU

  • Michael Imhoff, Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. (Associate Professor of Medical Informatics and Statistics)

      Affiliations

    • Abteilung für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Am Pastorenwäldchen 2, D-44229 Dortmund, Germany, Tel.: +49 231 973022 0; Fax: +49 231 973022 31.
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  • Silvia Kuhls, Dr. rer. nat. (Senior Research Scientist)

      Affiliations

    • Fakultät Statistik, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
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  • Ursula Gather, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Professor of Statistics)

      Affiliations

    • Fakultät Statistik, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
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  • Roland Fried, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Professor of Statistics)

      Affiliations

    • Fakultät Statistik, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44221 Dortmund, Germany

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Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 39-50 , March 2009

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