A randomised controlled trial of the effect of continuous electronic physiological monitoring on the adverse event rate in high risk medical and surgical patients.

We conducted a randomised controlled trial of mandated five-channel physiological monitoring vs standard care, in acute medical and surgical wards in a single UK teaching hospital. In all, 402 high-risk medical and surgical patients were studied. The primary outcome was the proportion of patients ex...

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Main Authors: Watkinson, P, Barber, V, Price, J, Hann, A, Tarassenko, L, Young, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2006