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ArticleJournal of intensive care2014

Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) of mechanical ventilators by clinical engineers.

Jun Yoshioka, Masaki Nakane, Kaneyuki Kawamae

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Article in Journal of intensive care, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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0citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jun YoshiokaDepartment of Clinical Engineering, Yamagata University Hospital, 2-2-2 Iidanishi, Yamagata, 990-9585 Japan.
Masaki NakaneDepartment of Anesthesiology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, 2-2-2 Iidanishi, Yamagata, 990-9585 Japan.
Kaneyuki KawamaeDepartment of Anesthesiology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, 2-2-2 Iidanishi, Yamagata, 990-9585 Japan.
Yamagata University · JPYamagata University Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mechanical ventilator failures expose patients to unacceptable risks, and maintaining mechanical ventilator safety is an important issue. We examined the usefulness of maintaining mechanical ventilators by clinical engineers (CEs) using a specialized calibrator. These evaluations and the ability to make in-house repairs proved useful for obviating the need to rent ventilators which, in turn, might prove faulty themselves. The CEs' involvement in maintaining mechanical ventilators is desirable, ensures prompt service, and, most importantly, enhances safe management of mechanical ventilators.

Indexed as

Clinical engineersMechanical ventilatorSafe management

Identifiers

PMID25520839
PMCPMC4267599
OpenAlexW2149758603

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