Database design of an intensive care unit patient data management system

A Patient Data Management System is being developed for the intensive care unit at the Montreal Children 's Hospital. A number of beds ide instrumentation monitors are linked by a local area network to a personal computer for acquisition of real time data and the interactive graphical display of their trends . The PDMS also manages fluid balance data , medical dosage computations based on the patient data , and medical observations . The data is managed and interactively displayed for on-line use by the medical professionals . is printed fo r the generation of s pecial forms and summary reports , and is archived for s torage and retrieval. The project involves des igning and developing software for an IBM PS/2 equipp ed with an 8514/ A high resolution color video display, and runn ing under the OS / 2 multitasking operating system. The des ign and implementation of the basic components of the system are outlined , with emphasis on their user interface. Future extensions are al so discussed .