Articles: intensive-care-units.
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Noninvasive continuous blood pressure monitoring has the potential to improve patient treatment in the hospital setting. Such noninvasive devices can be applied earlier in the treatment process to empower nurses and clinicians to react more quickly to patient deterioration with the added benefit of eliminating the risks associated with invasive monitoring. However, emerging technologies must be capable of reproducing current clinical measures for medical decision making. ⋯ Taken together, the tested device requires additional postprocessing for medical decision making in trauma or emergent care.
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To study the effect of informing patients with video before cardiac surgery on intensive care experience. ⋯ It was found that informing patients with video about the intensive care setting and process before cardiac surgery had a positive effect on the intensive care experience. Note: The study was produced from a master's thesis and was not presented. All participants gave informed consent for the study, and that their anonymity was preserved.Trial Registration NO.: NCT05255887.