MICROPROCESSOR SYSTEM FOR THE ANALYSIS OF PHYSIOLOGIC AND FINANCIAL DATASETS
First Claim
1. A medical alarm system configured to process at least physiologic and laboratory data of at least one patient, comprising:
- a computer programmed with executable instructions to;
identify positive and/or negative trends comprising at least a combination of inflammatory indicator trends with one or more of a metabolic trend, a pulse trend, a blood pressure trend, an oxygen saturation trend, and a ventilation trend;
identify a relational pattern of the positive and/or negative trends which is characteristic of one or more of sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock, a shock cascade, and a septic shock cascade; and
output an alarm in response the relational pattern.
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Abstract
A medical alarm system for processing physiologic and laboratory data in hospitals and other environments is disclosed. The alarm system provides early detection of complex pathophysiologic cascades. The alarm system detects aggregated timed patterns of inflammatory indicators, metabolic, pulse, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and/or ventilation trends to detect expanding cascade patterns characteristic of, for example, progressive sepsis. The system may include a processor programmed to convert at least the physiologic and laboratory data of a patient into a predetermined format favorable for searching. The system may also include a processor programmed to search the formatted data to detect the progressively expanding global patterns of abnormal data characteristic of evolving sepsis and/or septic shock. The alarm system may be configured to provide an early warning for healthcare workers when a pattern indicative of progression of a complex pathophysiologic cascade is detected.
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27 Claims
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1. A medical alarm system configured to process at least physiologic and laboratory data of at least one patient, comprising:
a computer programmed with executable instructions to; identify positive and/or negative trends comprising at least a combination of inflammatory indicator trends with one or more of a metabolic trend, a pulse trend, a blood pressure trend, an oxygen saturation trend, and a ventilation trend; identify a relational pattern of the positive and/or negative trends which is characteristic of one or more of sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock, a shock cascade, and a septic shock cascade; and output an alarm in response the relational pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A medical alarm system for processing at least physiologic and laboratory data of at least one patient comprising a computer programmed with executable instructions to:
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detect trends along the data; detect at least one progressively expanding pattern comprised of at least three trends; and output an warning upon the detection of the at least one progressively expanding pattern. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A medical alarm system for processing at least physiologic and laboratory data of at least one patient comprising a computer programmed with executable instructions to:
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convert the physiologic and laboratory data into trends comprised of at least positive and negative trends of both the physiologic data and the laboratory data; detect relational trends comprised of a combination of the positive and/or negative trends; detect at least one progressively expanding pattern comprised of a plurality of combinations of the relational trends; and output an alarm indicating the detection of the at least one progressively expanding pattern. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A medical alarm system for processing at least physiologic and laboratory data of at least one patient comprising a computer programmed with executable instructions to:
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search the physiologic and laboratory data to detect timed trends comprised of at least positive and negative trends of both the physiologic data and the laboratory data; convert the physiologic and laboratory data into a matrix of at least positive and negative trends; determine relational timing of the detected positive and negative trends along the matrix; detect at least one pattern along the matrix comprised of a plurality of combinations of positive and/or negative trends evolving in timed relation to each other; and output an alarm upon the detection of the at least one pattern. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A medical alarm system for warning healthcare workers and for processing at least physiologic and laboratory data of at least one patient comprising a computer programmed with executable instructions to:
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identify positive and/or negative trends comprising at least a combination of inflammatory indicator trends with at least one of, a metabolic trend, pulse trend, blood pressure trend, oxygen saturation trend, and ventilation trend; identify a relational pattern of the positive and/or negative trends which are indicative of progression of sepsis to a more life threatening state; and output an alarm in response to identification of the relational pattern.
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22. A medical alarm system for warning healthcare workers and for processing at least physiologic and laboratory data of at least one patient comprising a computer programmed with executable instructions to:
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convert at least the physiologic and laboratory data into a predetermined format favorable for searching; searching the physiologic and laboratory data in the predetermined format; detecting a progressively expanding pattern of abnormal data characteristics of at least sepsis and/or septic shock; and outputting an alarm in response to detection of the progressively expanding pattern. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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