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Intravascular oxygen sensors with novel applications for bedside respiratory monitoring
Author(s) -
Formenti F.,
Farmery A. D.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/anae.13745
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , respiratory monitoring , risk analysis (engineering) , data science , computer science , respiratory system
Summary Measurement allows us to quantify various parameters and variables in natural systems. In addition, by measuring the effect by which a perturbation of one part of the system influences the system as a whole, insights into the functional mechanisms of the system can be inferred. Clinical monitoring has a different role to that of scientific measurement. Monitoring describes measurements whose prime purpose is not to give insights into underlying mechanisms, but to provide information to ‘warn’ of imminent events. What is often more important is the description of trends in measured variables. In this article, we give some examples ‐ focussed around oxygen sensors ‐ of how new sensors can make important measurements and might in the future contribute to improved clinical management.