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This is a list of alarm messages recorded in the <tt>.al</tt> files of the
MIMIC Database. The messages were originally produced by the HP
CMS (Merlin) bedside ICU monitors from which the MIMIC database
records were obtained. Note that this is not a complete list of
all possible alarm messages; it contains only those that were actually
recorded in the MIMIC Database.
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Many of the messages include numeric values. In this list,
<tt><em>m</em></tt> represents a value measured and reported by the
monitor, and <tt><em>n</em></tt> represents an alarm limit. These
values are integers (except for <tt>ST<em>i</em></tt> and
<tt>Tblood</tt>, where <tt><em>m.m</em></tt> and <tt><em>n.n</em></tt>
indicate values with one digit to the right of a decimal point).
Values may be negative. In a few cases (<tt>P<em>i</em></tt> and
<tt>ST<em>i</em></tt>), <tt><em>i</em></tt> represents a channel number.
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ALARM: ***ABP DISCONNECT
ALARM: ** ABP <em>m</em> < <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** ABP <em>m</em> > <em>n</em>
ALARM: ***APNEA
ALARM: ** ART <em>m</em> < <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** ART <em>m</em> > <em>n</em>
ALARM: ***ASYSTOLE
ALARM: ***BRADY <em>m</em> < <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** CVP <em>m</em> < <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** HR <em>m</em> < <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** HR <em>m</em> > <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** ICP <em>m</em> > <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** IRREGULAR HR
ALARM: ** LAP <em>m</em> > <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** MISSED BEATS
ALARM: ** MULTIFORM VPBs
ALARM: ** NBP <em>m</em> < <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** NBP <em>m</em> > <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** PACER NOT CAPT
ALARM: ** PAIR VPBs
ALARM: ***PAP DISCONNECT
ALARM: ** PAP <em>m</em> < <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** PAP <em>m</em> > <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** P<em>i</em> <em>m</em> < <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** RESP <em>m</em> > <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** R-ON-T VPBs
ALARM: ** RUN VPBs > 9
ALARM: ** RUN VPBs 3 - 9
ALARM: **SpO2 <em>m</em> < <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** ST<em>i</em> <em>m</em>.<em>m</em><<em>n</em>.<em>n</em>
ALARM: ** ST<em>i</em> <em>m</em>.<em>m</em>><em>n</em>.<em>n</em>
ALARM: ***TACHY <em>m</em> > <em>n</em>
ALARM: **Tblood <em>m</em>.<em>m</em><<em>n</em>.<em>n</em>
ALARM: ***UAP DISCONNECT
ALARM: ** UAP <em>m</em> < <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** UAP <em>m</em> > <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** UVP <em>m</em> > <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** VENT BIGEMINY
ALARM: ***VENT FIB/TACH
ALARM: ** VENT RHYTHM
ALARM: ***VENT TACHY
ALARM: ** VENT TRIGEMINY
ALARM: ** VPBs > <em>n</em>/MIN
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