Description of the Entropy™ algorithm as applied in the Datex-Ohmeda S/5™ Entropy Module
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H. Viertiö-Oja
Datex-Ohmeda Division, Instrumentarium Corp., Helsinki,
* Hanna Viertiö-Oja Datex-Ohmeda Division Instrumentarium Corp. PO BOX 900 FIN-00031 Datex-Ohmeda Finland e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorV. Maja
Datex-Ohmeda Division, Instrumentarium Corp., Helsinki,
Search for more papers by this authorM. Särkelä
Datex-Ohmeda Division, Instrumentarium Corp., Helsinki,
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Datex-Ohmeda Division, Instrumentarium Corp., Helsinki,
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Datex-Ohmeda Division, Instrumentarium Corp., Helsinki,
Search for more papers by this authorH. Tolvanen-Laakso
Datex-Ohmeda Division, Instrumentarium Corp., Helsinki,
Search for more papers by this authorM. Paloheimo
Department of Anesthesia, Eye and Ear Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki,
Search for more papers by this authorA. Vakkuri
Department of Anesthesia, Surgical Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki,
Search for more papers by this authorA. Yli-Hankala
Department of Anesthesia, Tampere University Hospital, and University of Tampere, Medical School, Tampere, and
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H. Viertiö-Oja
Datex-Ohmeda Division, Instrumentarium Corp., Helsinki,
* Hanna Viertiö-Oja Datex-Ohmeda Division Instrumentarium Corp. PO BOX 900 FIN-00031 Datex-Ohmeda Finland e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorV. Maja
Datex-Ohmeda Division, Instrumentarium Corp., Helsinki,
Search for more papers by this authorM. Särkelä
Datex-Ohmeda Division, Instrumentarium Corp., Helsinki,
Search for more papers by this authorP. Talja
Datex-Ohmeda Division, Instrumentarium Corp., Helsinki,
Search for more papers by this authorN. Tenkanen
Datex-Ohmeda Division, Instrumentarium Corp., Helsinki,
Search for more papers by this authorH. Tolvanen-Laakso
Datex-Ohmeda Division, Instrumentarium Corp., Helsinki,
Search for more papers by this authorM. Paloheimo
Department of Anesthesia, Eye and Ear Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki,
Search for more papers by this authorA. Vakkuri
Department of Anesthesia, Surgical Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki,
Search for more papers by this authorA. Yli-Hankala
Department of Anesthesia, Tampere University Hospital, and University of Tampere, Medical School, Tampere, and
Search for more papers by this authorWork performed for Datex-Ohmeda Division, Instrumentarium Corp., Helsinki, Finland, and presented in part at the 27th Congress of the Scandinavian Society of Anesthesiology, and Intensive Care Medicine, Helsinki, Finland, August 16–20, 2003.

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