Search for dissertations about: "vital signs monitoring"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words vital signs monitoring.
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1. Documentation of Vital Signs in Electronic Health Records : A Patient Safety Issue
Abstract : Background and aim: Hospitals in the developed world are increasingly adopting digital systems such as electronic health records (EHRs) for all kinds of documentation. This move means that traditional paper case notes and nursing records are often documented in EHRs. READ MORE
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2. Sensor-Based Garments that Enable the Use of Bioimpedance Technology : Towards PersonalizedHealthcare Monitoring
Abstract : Functional garments for physiological sensing purposes have been utilized in several disciplinesi.e. sports, firefighting, military and medical. In most of the cases textile electrodes (Textrodes)embedded in the garment are employed to monitor vital signs and other physiologicalmeasurements. READ MORE
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3. Health Care Professionals’ Views of Smart Glasses for Vital Signs Monitoring in Complex Care Environments
Abstract : Monitoring patient vital signs is one of many important tasks for health care professionals in intensive care units and anaesthesia departments. Patient status can deteriorate in seconds, hence close surveillance is requisite for safe care. However, monitoring vital signs can be challenging in some situations. READ MORE
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4. Prediction and monitoring of in-hospital cardiac arrest
Abstract : Background: In-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) is a global health concern of major importance, associated with a poor prognosis. IHCA is frequently heralded by a deterioration of vital signs, and many cases are considered preventable. Hence, prevention has become a key strategy. READ MORE
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5. In-hospital patient safety - prevention of deterioration and unexpected death by systematic and interprofessional use of early warning scoring
Abstract : Abstract In-hospital patient safety is at times hampered, leaving general ward patients at considerable risk of gradual, even life-threatening, deterioration. In many European clinical settings, inappropriate nursing practice of bedside monitoring and management has recently been addressed as impending to in-hospital patient safety. READ MORE