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False apnea alarm in a patient breathing adequately on mechanical ventilation.

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posted on 2014-10-22, 03:10 authored by Barbara J. Drew, Patricia Harris, Jessica K. Zègre-Hemsey, Tina Mammone, Daniel Schindler, Rebeca Salas-Boni, Yong Bai, Adelita Tinoco, Quan Ding, Xiao Hu

The respiratory waveform (bottom tracing labelled “Resp”) has a flat line appearance. The detection of respirations from the ECG lead (impedance method) is inaccurate in this patient, displaying an erroneous respiratory rate of 4 per minute.

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    user settingsWide QRS complexesConsecutive Intensive Care Unit Patients PurposePhysiologic monitorsarrhythmia alarmsPhysiologic Monitor DevicesecgLow amplitude QRS complexesalarm settingsComprehensive Observational Studybundle branch blockstalarm annotation protocoltechnology acquisition infrastructureAtrial fibrillation alarms

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