The proportion of clinically relevant alarms decreases as patient clinical severity decreases in intensive care units: a pilot study.

Ryota Inokuchi; Hajime Sato; Yuko Nanjo; Masahiro Echigo; Aoi Tanaka; Takeshi Ishii; Takehiro Matsubara; Kent Doi; Masataka Gunshin; Takahiro Hiruma; Kensuke Nakamura; Kazuaki Shinohara; Yoichi Kitsuta; Susumu Nakajima; Mitsuo Umezu; Naoki Yahagi

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The proportion of clinically relevant alarms decreases as patient clinical severity decreases in intensive care units: a pilot study.

September 25, 2013

Inokuchi R, Sato H, Nanjo Y, et al. BMJ Open. 2013;3(9):e003354.

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The vast majority of alarms in the intensive care unit were clinically irrelevant, especially for patients whose clinical condition was improving. The proliferation of clinically irrelevant alarms directly contributes to alert fatigue.

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