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A multi-disciplinary team developed and evaluated a graphical pulmonary display to support anesthesiologist's treatment of pulmonary complications. The design process incorporated central findings from the areas of naturalistic decision-making and medical cognition, and used rapid iterative prototyping. To evaluate performance when using the pulmonary display, 19 anesthesiologists participated in a study in a high fidelity simulator. 10 subjects used the graphical pulmonary display; 9 received the same information presented numerically. The anesthesiologists treated five critical events and one “non-event”. Measurements were taken for effective treatment time. The pulmonary display tended to improve overall performance. In addition, we found effects of expertise, with experts treating faster than the two less experienced groups.

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Design and Evaluation of a Graphical Pulmonary Display for Anesthesia

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