Journal of Critical Care
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 105.e1-105.e9 , February 2011

Toward optimal display of physiologic status in critical care: I. Recreating bedside displays from archived physiologic data

  • Anton Burykin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Emory Center for Critical Care (ECCC) and Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    • Department of Surgery, School of Medicine Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Tel.: +1 314 761 5422.
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  • Tyler Peck, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, School of Medicine Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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  • Vladimir Krejci, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
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  • Andrea Vannucci, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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  • Ivan Kangrga, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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  • Timothy G. Buchman, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emory Center for Critical Care (ECCC) and Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    • Department of Surgery, School of Medicine Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO 63110, USA

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 Financial support: This work was generously supported by grants from the James S. McDonnell Foundation (220020070) and Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) (49533-LS-DRP and HR0011-05-1-0057).

☆☆ Conflict of Interest: none declared

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doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.06.013

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 105.e1-105.e9 , February 2011