Efficient Monitoring with a Digital Computer of Cardiovascular Function in Seriously Ill Patients

Article1 September 1966Efficient Monitoring with a Digital Computer of Cardiovascular Function in Seriously Ill PatientsHERBERT SHUBIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MAX HARRY WEIL, M.D., PH.D., F.A.C.P.HERBERT SHUBIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MAX HARRY WEIL, M.D., PH.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-65-3-453 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe shock research unit was established as a specialized clinical research facility of the School of Medicine of the University of Southern California at the Los Angeles County General Hospital in 1961. This unit was initially planned to improve understanding of mechanisms and on that basis to evaluate and improve current treatment of various forms of clinical shock. In the initial phases of this project, we recognized the great need for fundamental improvements in efficiency as well as in the clinical competence with which very ill patients, and particularly patients in shock are routinely managed. A quantitative assessment of the...References1. SPENCERVALLBONA WAC: Application of computers in clinical practice. JAMA 191: 917, 1965. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. WILBERDERRICK SAUS: Patient monitoring and anesthetic management. Ibid., p. 893. Google Scholar3. WEILSHUBINJENSENMEAGHER MHHREPF: On-line computer monitoring of the seriously ill patient. Med. Electr. Biol. Engr. In press. Google Scholar4. ROCKWELLSHUBINWEILMEAGHER MAHMHPF: Shock III, a computer system as an aid in the management of the critically ill patient. Commun. Ass. Comput. Mach. 9: 355, 1966. Google Scholar5. SHUBINWEILROCKWELL HMHMA: Automated measurement of arterial pressure in patients by use of a digital computer. Unpublished information. Google Scholar6. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Los Angeles, CaliforniaFrom the Shock Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine and the Los Angeles County General Hospital, Los Angeles, Calif.This investigation was supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc., New York, and research grants HE-05570 and HE-07811, the National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.This paper was presented at the 47th Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, April 18, 1966, New York, N. Y.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Max Harry Weil, M.D., University of Southern California School of Medicine, 2025 Zonal Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90033. 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