MICROCOMPUTER-BASED HAEMODYNAMIC MONITORING DURING CONTINUOUS EXTRADURAL ANALGESIA
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- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 58 (4) , 457-460
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/58.4.457
Abstract
A system for monitoring, recording and storing arterial pressure and heart rate during continuous extradural analgesia has been developed using an Apple II microcomputer and a Dinamap 1846 non-invasive arterial pressure monitor. The administration of local anaesthetic (or vasopressor) was recorded using a light pen. The computer was programmed to recognize this, and to initiate automatically more frequent measurements of heart rate and arterial pressure. The results of a study using this equipment are reported. The commands for computer control of the Dinamap 1846 are described.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: