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 Reactive Agent and Visualization System for Anesthesia Support in the Operating RoomAbstractInformation overload of the anesthesiologist through
technological advances have threatened the safety of patients
under anesthesia in the operating room (OR). Previous monitors
and alarm systems provide separate indexes of patient
physiological states, potentially distracting caregivers from direct
patient care. To solve this problem, a novel reactive agent and
visualization system was developed to collect the relevant
monitoring parameters in anesthesia and display them as a vivid
and intuitive color coded animation. Our system presents a
unified, contextually appropriate snapshot of the patient to the
operating room team without requiring any user intervention.
Deterministic rules were developed by anesthesiologists and
integrated into the system to generate alarms of critical patient
events. To validate the efficacy of the system, a retrospective
analysis focusing on the hypotension rules was performed. Results
show that even with vigilant and highly trained clinicians,
deviations from ideal patient care exist and it is here that the
system may allow more standardized and improved patient care
and potentially outcomes.Keywordsmedical, information system, computation, visualization, operating room, alarm To see the electronic version of the paper, pleaseClick Here
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