Table of Contents

Analog Computation for Evaluation of Ventilators.- Ventilator Surveillance - Routine Application and Quality Control.- Automated Estimation of Respiratory Dead Space: Tidal Volume Ratio.- A Microprocessor Controlled Respiratory Monitor.- A Microcomputer-Based Multipatient Monitoring System for the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit.- Instrumentation and Automation of an ICU Respiratory Testing System.- Monitoring of the Cyclic Modulation of Cardiac Output during Artifical Ventilation.- Computer Assistance in Assessment and Management of Mechanical Ventilation.- Closed Loop Therapy in the Critical Care Unit Using Microprocessor Controllers.- Retrospective and Prospective Studies of a Computerized Algorithm for Predicting Outcome in Acute Postoperative Circulatory Failure.- Clinical Evaluation of Three Types of Continuously Measuring Oxygen Sensors - Their Potential Use for Computer Control of Blood Oxygenation ..- Computer Assisted Evaluation and Computation of Pulmonary Function in the Critically Ill Neonate.- Computerized Monitoring of Lung and Heart Function in the Operating Room: A Description of "Methodological Platform".- Off-Line Intermittent Computerized Cardiopulmonary Evaluation of Surgical Patients.- The Continuous Monitoring of Tissue pH in Critically Ill Adults.- Alpha Ionisation for Continuous Computerized Cardiorespiratory Monitoring during Mechanical Ventilation.- Clinical Basis and Use of an Automated ICU Testing System.- Organ System Data Display in an ICU Data Base Management System.- The Amorphous Data Base Implementation on Microprocessors and Relation to Non Algorithmic Diagnosis.- Critical Care Instrumentation: An Approach Using Modular Elements and Distributed Processing.- Knowledge Engineering in Clinical Care.- Computer Based Fluid Balance Records.- Determination of Pulmonary Hydration by Means of Transthoracic Impedance Measurements.- On-Line Measurement of Respiratory Gas Exchange: Role of VO2 as Determinant of O2 Delivery.- The Measurement of the Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity by a Rebreathing Technique during Controlled Ventilation.- Clinical Experience with a Microcomputer-Based Intensive Care Data Management System.- Clinical Evaluation of Automated Arrhythmia Monitoring and its Integration with Respiratory Monitoring in a General Computerized Information System.- Mass Spectrometry in Anaesthesia.- Computerized ICU Data Management.- A Computer Activated Two-Variable Trend Alarm.- A Comprehensive Pulmonary Data Processing System.- A New Approach to Application of a Computer in Spirometry.- A New Concept of the Forced Expiratory Spirogram and the Effort Independent Portion of the Flow-Volume Loop. A Computer Analysis.- Automated Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Test Results.- Extracting Information from Blood Gas Analyses.- Computer Assisted Respiratory Management for the Critically Ill.- Modular End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Analyzer.- Pulmonary Artery Diastolic Pressure Measurement Improved by Use of Analog Circuits.