Shabot M M, LoBue M, Leyerle B J
Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
Int J Clin Monit Comput. 1988;5(2):125-31. doi: 10.1007/BF02919654.
Periodic measurements of urine volume and temperature in critically ill patients are time consuming, unclean procedures. These measurements may be automated with an electronic urimeter (Urotrack Plus 220, C.R. Bard Company, Murray Hill, NJ). This device contains an RS-232 output port which transmits a complete device status report once per second. We interfaced 20 Urotrack Plus urimeters to a single I/O port of a computerized patient data management system (Hewlett-Packard 78709A PDMS, Hewlett-Packard Company, Waltham, MA). This interface required daisy chained controllers for port switching and a communications adapter for flow control. The urimeters have proven to be cost-effective, labor-saving devices. The PDMS interface provides a continuous display of measured variables and completely automates data entry for flowsheet documentation. Automatic urimetry data acquisition is estimated to save approximately 27 nursing minutes per patient per day.
对重症患者定期测量尿量和体温既耗时又不卫生。这些测量可通过电子尿流量计（Urotrack Plus 220，C.R. Bard公司，新泽西州默里山）实现自动化。该设备包含一个RS - 232输出端口，每秒传输一次完整的设备状态报告。我们将20个Urotrack Plus尿流量计连接到一个计算机化患者数据管理系统（惠普78709A PDMS，惠普公司，马萨诸塞州沃尔瑟姆）的单个输入/输出端口。此接口需要菊花链控制器进行端口切换和一个通信适配器进行流量控制。尿流量计已被证明是具有成本效益且节省人力的设备。PDMS接口可连续显示测量变量，并完全自动进行数据录入以用于流程记录。据估计，自动尿流量数据采集可为每位患者每天节省约27分钟的护理时间。
