Studiul de tip prospectiv a fost efectuat asupra a 63 pacienţi internaţi într-o unitate de terapie intensivă. Scopul a fost evaluarea rolului factorului uman în generarea discordanţei deciziei terapeutice, comparând înregistrarea manuală cu cea automată a frecvenţei respiratorii (parametru luat drept model experimental). Valorile frecvenţei respiratorii, înregistrate manual, au fost semnifi cativ diferite faţă de cele redate de monitor. Disordanţa deciziilor de corecţie a funcţiei respiratorii, luate în baza datelor scrise, au fost semnifi cativ diferite faţă de cele luate în baza monitorizării. Monitorizarea pacienţilor este indispensabilă pentru luarea unei decizii de tratament corecte şi reduce semnifi cativ impactul factorului uman în generarea discordanţei.

This prospective and descriptive study was carried out on the basis of data received from 63 critical patients with the purpose of establishing the role of the human factor in generating the decisional disagreement during using a simple experimental model of establishing the frequency of respiration. The data received from the electronic monitor were compared with the data registered manually in the patients’ monitoring chart, both registrations being made in the same moment. Afterwards the therapeutic indications that were made separately, on the basis of the manual and electronic data, were also compared. A statistically true difference between the respiration frequency recorded by person and recorded by monitor was registered. The level of disagreement between prescribed therapeutic actions was signifi cant as well. Conclusion: in intensive care ward, the right therapeutic decisions are impossible without data, provided by monitoring electronic systems, the minimal number of which should be equal to the quantity of beds.