Microcomputers in Medicine

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. A Generalised Approach to Clinical Audit, Patient Management and Research

   • N. Wynne-Carter, M. A. Walker, D. Bryce, J. L. Shearer

   Pages 1-17

3. Incorporating a Microcomputer in the Surgical Office

   • D. C. Dunn

   Pages 19-29

4. Surgical Audit Using dBaseII

   • J. D. Holdsworth

   Pages 31-41

5. The Development of an Operation Mortality Index on Microcomputers

   • S. J. Nixon

   Pages 43-59

6. The Development of a Distributed Surgical Audit System

   • J. R. Coughlan, M. J. Taylor, W. A. Corbett, R. Shields

   Pages 61-77

7. Computerised Analysis of Vascular Laboratory Data

   • P. D. Coleridge Smith, J. H. Scurr

   Pages 79-101

8. Microcomputer-Assisted Analysis of Audiological Test Data

   • S. L. Smith, M. C. Fairhurst, S. W. Kelly, J. S. R. Baxter

   Pages 103-126

9. A Microcomputer-Based System for the Assessment of Postoperative Fatigue

   • S. Stock

   Pages 127-145

10. Computerised Planning of Orthognathic Surgery

    • D. J. Birnie, N. W. T. Harradine, D. Barnard

    Pages 147-172

11. Computerised Total Parenteral Nutrition

    • S. Shami

    Pages 173-192

12. Computer-Simulated Medical Emergencies: Teaching Programs for Undergraduate Education

    • P. R. Edwards, J. R. Coughlan, M. J. Taylor, W. A. Corbett

    Pages 193-205

13. Back Matter

    Pages 207-210

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This book is based on the proceedings of the fourth Medical Microcomputer Workshop held at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School on 3-5 September 1986. The workshop was attended by clinicians and computer scientists with an interest in applying computer technology to current medical practice. The problems ranged from audit and patient management through to the more complex applications of data analysis obtained from current diagnos­ tic techniques. The choice of microcomputers has never been greater with low cost making them readily available. A single microcomputer has limita­ tions in clinical practice and the use of networks for multi-user tasks has expanded its capability but increased the complexity both in terms of hardware and the software needed to run it. Although comprehensive commercial packages are available, none of these are entirely suitable for medical applications without modification. Many of the chapters presented in this book describe the problems encountered and the solutions achieved by configuring and modifying applications software.

• Computers in Medicine
• Laboratory
• assessment
• development
• education
• management
• medicine
• mortality
• nutrition
• patients
• planning
• research
• surgery

• Department of Surgical Studies, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London, UK

  P. D. Coleridge Smith, J. H. Scurr

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