MIMIC Database 1.0.0

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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> &lt; <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** ABP <em>m</em> &gt; <em>n</em>  
ALARM: ***APNEA      
ALARM: ** ART <em>m</em> &lt; <em>n</em>  
ALARM: ** ART <em>m</em> &gt; <em>n</em>
ALARM: ***ASYSTOLE      
ALARM: ***BRADY <em>m</em> &lt; <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** CVP <em>m</em> &lt; <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** HR <em>m</em> &lt; <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** HR <em>m</em> &gt; <em>n</em>  
ALARM: ** ICP <em>m</em> &gt; <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** IRREGULAR HR    
ALARM: ** LAP <em>m</em> &gt; <em>n</em>  
ALARM: ** MISSED BEATS    
ALARM: ** MULTIFORM VPBs    
ALARM: ** NBP <em>m</em> &lt; <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** NBP <em>m</em> &gt; <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** PACER NOT CAPT   
ALARM: ** PAIR VPBs    
ALARM: ***PAP DISCONNECT     
ALARM: ** PAP <em>m</em> &lt; <em>n</em>  
ALARM: ** PAP <em>m</em> &gt; <em>n</em>  
ALARM: ** P<em>i</em> <em>m</em> &lt; <em>n</em>  
ALARM: ** RESP <em>m</em> &gt; <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** R-ON-T VPBs    
ALARM: ** RUN VPBs &gt; 9  
ALARM: ** RUN VPBs 3 - 9 
ALARM: **SpO2 <em>m</em> &lt; <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** ST<em>i</em> <em>m</em>.<em>m</em>&lt;<em>n</em>.<em>n</em>    
ALARM: ** ST<em>i</em> <em>m</em>.<em>m</em>&gt;<em>n</em>.<em>n</em>    
ALARM: ***TACHY <em>m</em> &gt; <em>n</em>
ALARM: **Tblood <em>m</em>.<em>m</em>&lt;<em>n</em>.<em>n</em>     
ALARM: ***UAP DISCONNECT     
ALARM: ** UAP <em>m</em> &lt; <em>n</em>  
ALARM: ** UAP <em>m</em> &gt; <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** UVP <em>m</em> &gt; <em>n</em>
ALARM: ** VENT BIGEMINY    
ALARM: ***VENT FIB/TACH     
ALARM: ** VENT RHYTHM    
ALARM: ***VENT TACHY     
ALARM: ** VENT TRIGEMINY    
ALARM: ** VPBs &gt; <em>n</em>/MIN
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