Leah Baron, MD
Refining continuous capnography monitoring by using a new algorithmic alarm filter in a medical-surgical unit dramatically reduced the number of clinically insignificant alarms, according to a study of 25 patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
The study, which was carried out at Virtua Memorial Hospital, in Mount Holly, N.J., found that the alarm filter, developed by Bernoulli Health, in combination with a 30-second notification delay, achieved a 98% reduction in the