Computerized management of cardiac arrhythmias.

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Title Computerized management of cardiac arrhythmias.
Publication Type thesis
School or College School of Medicine
Department Biomedical Informatics
Author White, Ruth Deborah Goldberg
Contributor 1984-03
Date 2008-01
Description A computerized system has been developed for the management of arrhythmias for patients in the coronary care unit (CCU). The project involved formalizing the arrhythmia management logic of physicians into a succession of modular steps. Using this medical logic a computerized arrhythmia management system (CAM) has been developed. The system provides the updating of both the patient’s database in real time, and the medical logic. The ease with which the medical logic can be updated prevents errors in the treatment recommended by CAM and gives CAM an important educational role. When CAM is activated a menu is displayed don the terminal allowing an update of the patient’s database and providing the physician with an option to enter treatment preferences for certain arrhythmias. When CAM recommends a treatment plan it also gives the reasoning behind the choice, thus making CAM more acceptable by allowing the physician to understand the loci and the key dta used for a specific patient treatment plan. CAM as presented in this thesis has been tested on 27 patients in the CCU. On all patients CAM gave recommendation identical to those that were found to be effective in the CCU. Management plans for arrhythmias not represented by actual patients gave satisfactory results when tested with simulated databases. CAM is an intrinsic part of the medical computerized HELP system operated in the LDS hospital and widens the effectiveness of this system in the CCU.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Decision Making; Data Processing
Subject MESH Arrhythmia; Computers
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name MS
Language eng
Relation is Version of Digital reproduction of "Computerized management of cardiac arrhythmias." Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library. Print version of "Computerized management of cardiac arrhythmias." available at J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collection. R 117.5 1984 G64
Rights Management © Ruth Deborah Goldberg White.
Format application/pdf
Format Medium application/pdf
Identifier us-etd2,8453
Source Original: University of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (no longer available).
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bp0hfj
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