None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
An expert anaesthesia monitoring system is being assessed to determine its accuracy, it is a monitoring system which analyses trends and informs the anaesthetist when the trends go outside ‘normal’ parameters. The anaesthetists will always have the responsibility for the patient’s care, and it is planned that the anaesthetists using the system during the study will be senior, experienced clinicians. The expert systems alerts will be compared with the clinicians' assessments. The study aims to determine if the expert system is better or worse, or has the same accuracy, in diagnosing adverse events as a clinician, the anaesthetist.
Interventions
Early Detection of Diagnostic Information (EDDI) software will be used; it is written in the C++ programming language. It uses existing equipment (oximeter, BP monitor) to monitor the patient and provide additional processed diagnostic data for the anaesthetist,
Patients enrolled with the study will receive additional monitoring of blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, breathing rate and oxygen and carbon dioxide levels. The software is on a laptop attached by a cable to the standard, routi
Early Detection of Diagnostic Information (EDDI) software will be used; it is written in the C++ programming language. It uses existing equipment (oximeter, BP monitor) to monitor the patient and provide additional processed diagnostic data for the anaesthetist, Patients enrolled with the study will receive additional monitoring of blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, breathing rate and oxygen and carbon dioxide levels. The software is on a laptop attached by a cable to the standard, routine monitor. The expert system is set up by an anaesthetic technician or the anaesthetist. This additional monitoring occurs from the beginning to the end of anaesthesia, aligning with the standard clinical process. Preparations for monitoring, including attaching the expert system, are completed before anaesthesia begins. No extra tests or medication is required and all anaesthetic procedures follow usual clinical practice.
Sponsors
Dr. Matt Kirk-Jones - North Shore Hospital
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Patients undergoing routine surgery who are over the age of 16 years.
Exclusion criteria
Written consent is required, No consent - no participation
Outcome results
None listed