Apitz J, Frey R, Bleicher W, Epple E, Schmaltz A A, Steil E, Kemter B E
Monatsschr Kinderheilkd. 1981 Feb;129(2):105-9.
The application of computerized intensive care in pediatrics is described. After adaption of commercial software and the development of several processing units, it was possible to control the circulatory and pulmonary function, reliably and continuously almost only by noninvasive methods. The graphical drawing of the trend of the controlled vital parameters will give better informations about the patients condition than the indication or registration of the momentary values. Moreover typical trend patterns of the measured parameters are hereby recognizable, so that critical situations will be detected, treated and - if possible - abolished earlier than in the past.
