METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING FEEDING PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUAL NEONATES
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Abstract
A method and system for computing a relative score indicative of an individual infant'"'"'s feeding performance based, at least in part, upon a comparison of one or more feeding factor measurements of the individual infant with a corresponding database metric that is derived from a population-based sample of infants, where the comparison optionally provides a statistical association between normative metric values and adverse outcomes recorded for the same population-based sample and, thereby, a means for assessing the tested infant'"'"'s risk for said adverse outcomes.
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39 Claims
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22. A method for assessing a medically relevant condition of an infant comprising:
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receiving an input of digitized data corresponding to measurements of at least one feeding factor generated during at least one feeding session for an individual infant; calculating a value for a feeding parameter from said digitized data; corresponding said value to a risk outcome metric to derive a referenced risk outcome score; and providing said referenced risk outcome score as a user-recognizable output. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A system for assessing a medically relevant condition of an infant comprising:
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a. a database comprising at least one risk outcome metric; b. a data interface for receiving digitized data corresponding to measurements of at least one feeding factor generated during at least one feeding session of an individual infant; c. a microprocessor in electronic communication with said data interface and said database, wherein said microprocessor is programmed to (i) calculate at least one value for at least one feeding parameter from said digitized data;
(ii) correspond said value to said at least one risk outcome metric to derive at least one referenced risk outcome score; andd. at least one output device selected from the group consisting of visual display, printer, output data port, RF transmitter, and digital medium storage device, wherein said output device is in electronic communication with said microprocessor.
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