Research Article

Reducing False Alarms of Intensive Care Online-Monitoring Systems: An Evaluation of Two Signal Extraction Algorithms

Table 1

Alarm validation time: measurements must violate the upper/lower alarm limit for a certain time in order that an alarm is given.

Vital sign Upper alarm limit Lower alarm limit

Heart rate 2 seconds immediately
Blood pressure 4 seconds 4 seconds
Oxygen saturation 4 seconds 10 seconds