Monitoring of @entity772 @entity1 in the neurosurgical intensive care unit (NICU) is constantly extended by the development of new methods for monitoring of cerebral function, metabolism and oxygenation. To simplify the interpretation of the rising number of parameters, and to avoid data overflow, a @entity1779 ( @entity1779 ) system has been developed for the acquisition, display, on-line analysis and recording of physiological parameters from multiple bedside data sources. This article describes the technical details and the design of this computerized data acquisition system for variable applications in clinical @entity1 monitoring and research. A Windows (Microsoft Corporation, Redmont, Washington) platform was equipped with an analog/digital converter board. Software for @entity1779 was developed using LabVIEW for Windows (National Instruments, Austin, Texas), a graphical programming system. Two software modules were created: One for the automatic acquisition of data, display of time dependent trend graphs, processing of on-line histograms, special functions for research, and storage of data in compatible format. The other module serves as an off-line monitor to display recorded data in various modalities. The @entity1779 system has been used in 30 @entity772 @entity1 with severe @entity542 . Mean time of @entity1779 is 5.3 days (+/- 2.8 days), resulting in a total running time of the system of about 3800 hrs. Hardware and software proved to run stable and safe. The @entity1779 system has become a valuable tool for monitoring of @entity772 @entity1 . The simultaneous display of trend graphs of various monitoring parameters and the online processing of histograms improved the survey of the @entity1 's condition in the ICU. Recorded data were analysed offline and contribute to a consecutively increasing data bank.

Multimodal cerebral monitoring in @entity772 head-injured XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity542 :: ('MESH:D006259', 'Disease') :: ['head injury'] @entity1779 :: ('MESH:D002543', 'Disease') :: ['multimodal cerebral monitoring', 'MCM'] @entity772 :: ('MESH:D003128', 'Disease') :: ['comatose']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patients']
