A Technical Evaluation of Wireless Connectivity from Patient Monitors to an Anesthesia Information Management System During Intensive Care Unit Surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia
Allan F SimpaoRichard H Epstein

Abstract

Surgical procedures performed at the bedside in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia were documented using paper anesthesia records in contrast to the operating rooms, where an anesthesia information management system (AIMS) was used for all cases. This was largely because of logistical problems related to connecting cables between the bedside monitors and our portable AIMS workstations. We implemented an AIMS for documentation in the NICU using wireless adapters to transmit data from bedside monitoring equipment to a portable AIMS workstation. Testing of the wireless AIMS during simulation in the presence of an electrosurgical generator showed no evidence of interference with data transmission. Thirty NICU surgical procedures were documented via the wireless AIMS. Two wireless cases exhibited brief periods of data loss; one case had an extended data gap because of adapter power failure. In comparison, in a control group of 30 surgical cases in which wired connections were used, there were no data gaps. The wireless AIMS provided a simple, unobtrusive, portable alternative to paper records for documenting anesthesia records during NICU bedside procedures.

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Oct 20, 2017·Anesthesia and Analgesia·Allan F Simpao, Mohamed A Rehman
Dec 13, 2018·Anesthesia and Analgesia·Philippe ArièsBa Vinh Nguyen
Sep 17, 2016·Anesthesia and Analgesia·Philippe ArièsBa Vinh Nguyen
Sep 17, 2016·Anesthesia and Analgesia·Allan F SimpaoRichard H Epstein
Jan 23, 2016·Anesthesia and Analgesia·Ira Hofer, Maxime Cannesson

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