Key result
The CABG-SA smart alarm algorithm alarmed for 55% of the time relative to traditional alarms while successfully detecting 12 of 13 recorded clinical interventions in post-CABG patients.
Why the study?
Does a smart alarm algorithm (CABG-SA) reduce alarm burden without missing clinical interventions compared to traditional alarms in post-CABG patients?
Observational
No
Does a smart alarm algorithm (CABG-SA) reduce alarm burden without missing clinical interventions compared to traditional alarms in post-CABG patients?
The CABG-SA smart alarm algorithm reduced alarm time by 45% compared to traditional alarms while successfully detecting 12 of 13 clinical interventions in post-CABG patients.
May reduce post-CABG alarm burden; hypothesis-generating and requires larger prospective validation before practice change.
We describe and report the results of an evaluation of a smart alarm algorithm for post coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients. The algorithm (CABG-SA) was applied to vital sign data streams recorded in a surgical intensive care unit (SICU) at a hospital in the University of Pennsylvania Health System. In order to determine the specificity of CABG-SA, the alarms generated by CABG-SA were compared against the actual interventions performed by the staff of the critical care unit. Overall, CABG-SA alarmed for 55% of the time relative to traditional alarms while still generating alarms for 12 of the 13 recorded interventions.
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King et al. (2012) conducted an observational in Post coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). Smart alarm algorithm (CABG-SA) vs. Traditional alarms was evaluated on Alarm time relative to traditional alarms and detection of recorded interventions. The CABG-SA smart alarm algorithm alarmed for 55% of the time relative to traditional alarms while successfully detecting 12 of 13 recorded clinical interventions in post-CABG patients.
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