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Intensive care unit alarms—how many do we need?
February 3, 2010
Siebig S, Kuhls S, Imhoff M, et al. Crit Care Med. 2010;38(2):451-6.
This study found that only 15% of cardiovascular alarms in an intensive care unit setting were clinically relevant. The authors provide suggestions to reduce the number of false alarms, which may improve patient safety and work environments.
