The total number of all alarms and the number occurring every 8 h
| Alarms (/overall period: 2697 patient-monitored hours) | n | Per cent of total |
|---|---|---|
| Total numbers | 11 591 | |
| Technical annotation | ||
| Technically true | 8224 | 71.0 |
| Technically false | 2479 | 21.4 |
| Indeterminable | 888 | 7.7 |
| Clinical annotation | ||
| Relevant alarm | 740 | 6.4 |
| Helpful, but not relevant, alarm | 3800 | 32.8 |
| Irrelevant alarm | 7049 | 60.8 |
| Indeterminable | 2 | 0.02 |
| Alarms (count/8 h) | Mean±SD | Median (ranges) |
| Total numbers | 31.8±28.6 | 23.5 (1–200) |
| Relevant alarm | 2.0±7.7 | 0 (0–60) |
| Helpful, but not relevant, alarm | 10.4±13.3 | 6 (0–178) |
| Irrelevant alarm | 19.4±20.9 | 13.5 (0–96) |
| Indeterminable | 0.005±0.1 | 0 (0–2) |