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Smart Glasses in Anesthesia Care: Nurse Anesthetists’ Experiences

Abstract  Purpose: Smart glasses are a kind of wearable technology that gives users sustained, hands-free access to data and can transmit and receive information wirelessly. Earlier studies have suggested that smart glasses have the potential to improve patient safety in anesthesia care. Research regarding health care professionals’ views of the potential use of smart glasses […]

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Burden of care related to monitoring patient vital signs during intensive care; a descriptive retrospective database study

Abstract Objective: The aim of this study was to describe burden of care related to monitoring patient vital signs of intensive care unit patients in a Swedish hospital.Setting: Data collected by “The Swedish Intensive Care Registry” from one general category II intensive care unit in a Swedish hospital was included in this study. Data from […]

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Nurse anesthetists’ experiences using smart glasses to monitor patients’ vital signs during anesthesia care: A qualitative study

Abstract Purpose: To describe nurse anesthetists’ experiences using smart glasses to monitor patients’ vitalsigns during anesthesia care.Methods: Data was collected through individual semi-structured interviews with seven nurse anesthetistswho had used smart glasses, with a customized application for monitoring vital signs,during clinical anesthesia care. Data was analyzed using thematic content analysis.Results: An overarching theme became evident […]

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Smart Glasses for Anesthesia Care: Initial Focus Group Interviews with Specialized Health Care Professionals

Abstract Purpose: Smart glasses are a kind of wearable technology that gives users sustained, hands-free access todata and can transmit and receive information wirelessly. Earlier studies have suggested that smart glasses have the potential to improve patient safety in anesthesia care. Research regarding health careprofessionals’ views of the potential use of smart glasses in anesthesia […]

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Smart Glasses for Caring Situations in Complex Care Environments: Scoping Review

Abstract Background: Anesthesia departments and intensive care units represent two advanced, high-tech, and complex care environments. Health care in those environments involves different types of technology to provide safe, high-quality care. Smart glasses have previously been used in different health care settings and have been suggested to assist health care professionals in numerous areas. However, […]

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