2017•THE JOURNAL OF JAPAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL ANESTHESIAOpen access
Original Respiratory Monitoring System for Preventing Postoperative Life-Threatening Respiratory Events
Junji Egawa, Koichi Tomoda, Yumiko Kirishita, Kouji KONISHI, Masahiko Kawaguchi, Hitoshi Furuya
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Abstract
Postoperative respiratory depression is a critical complication.It has been shown that most severe respiratory depression events can be prevented using a better monitoring and hospital system.Although respiratory rate is an important predictor of critical events, it is often neglected.We use the respiratory monitoring system SafetyNet TM (Masimo, US) to prevent life-threatening respiratory events after general anesthesia.We are also developing a system, SafetyNet TM ・NMU, to notify us of a respiratory monitor alarm anytime and anywhere using a mobile device.It notifies floor nurses of SpO 2 , respiratory rate, and pulse rate alarms via a mobile device.
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