Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Wireless technology in the ICU: boon or ban? | Available online http content 11 5 165 Commentary Wireless technology in the ICU boon or ban Aviv S Gladman1 and Stephen E Lapinsky1 2 Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine University of Toronto Canada intensive Care Unit Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto Canada Corresponding author Stephen E Lapinsky Published 11 September 2007 This article is online at http content 11 5 165 2007 BioMed Central Ltd Critical Care 2007 11 165 doi cc6112 See related research by van Lieshout et al. http content 11 5 R98 Abstract Wireless communication and data transmission are playing an increasing role in the critical care environment. Early anecdotal reports of electromagnetic interference EMI with intensive care unit ICU equipment resulted in many institutions banning these devices. An increasing literature database has more clearly defined the risks of EMI. Restrictions to the use of mobile devices are being lifted and it has been suggested that the benefits of improved communication may outweigh the small risks. However increased use of cellular phones and ever changing communication technologies require ongoing vigilance by healthcare device manufacturers hospitals and device users to prevent potentially hazardous events due to EMI. The numerous anecdotal reports of catastrophic medical equipment failure in close proximity to electromagnetic field emitters such as mobile phones or other wireless devices have recently been supported by formal studies. Van Lieshout et al. add to this growing literature database by reporting the effects of electromagnetic interference EMI produced by newer generation mobile phone signals on medical devices commonly used in an intensive care unit ICU 1 . Based on a high 43 rate of EMI-related incidents at a median distance of 3 cm they reasonably conclude that mobile phone use in critical care units should be restricted to the usual 1 m distance from the critical care
