Methods for determining illness, progression to death, and/or timing of death of biological entity
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1. A method for determining illness of a biological entity, progression to non-acute death of said biological entity, or timing of non-acute death of said biological entity, comprising the steps of:
- providing normal values of resistance, reactance, phase angle, extracellular water volume, intracellular water volume, and membrane status of whole body and regions of said biological entity;
measuring initial values of resistance, reactance, phase angle, extracellular water volume, intracellular water volume, and membrane status of whole body and regions of said biological entity;
taking whole body and regional measurements of resistance, reactance, phase angle, extracellular water volume, intracellular water volume, and membrane status at predetermined intervals of time;
recording said whole body and regional measurements;
comparing initial values of said whole body or regional measurements to said normal values of said whole body or regional measurements, respectively, and to serially measured values of said whole body or regional measurements, respectively; and
determining from said comparison steps hallmarks of said illness of said biological entity, said progression to said non-acute death of said biological entity, or said timing of non-acute death of said biological entity.
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A method for determining illness of a biological entity, progression to non-acute death of the biological entity, and/or timing of non-acute death of the biological entity. A comparison of measured values of resistance, reactance, phase angle, extracellular and intracellular water volumes, and membrane status of whole body and regions of the entity show hallmarks of the state of health of the entity.
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1. A method for determining illness of a biological entity, progression to non-acute death of said biological entity, or timing of non-acute death of said biological entity, comprising the steps of:
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providing normal values of resistance, reactance, phase angle, extracellular water volume, intracellular water volume, and membrane status of whole body and regions of said biological entity; measuring initial values of resistance, reactance, phase angle, extracellular water volume, intracellular water volume, and membrane status of whole body and regions of said biological entity; taking whole body and regional measurements of resistance, reactance, phase angle, extracellular water volume, intracellular water volume, and membrane status at predetermined intervals of time; recording said whole body and regional measurements; comparing initial values of said whole body or regional measurements to said normal values of said whole body or regional measurements, respectively, and to serially measured values of said whole body or regional measurements, respectively; and determining from said comparison steps hallmarks of said illness of said biological entity, said progression to said non-acute death of said biological entity, or said timing of non-acute death of said biological entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for determining illness of a biological entity, progression to non-acute death of said biological entity, or timing of non-acute death of said biological entity, comprising the steps of:
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providing normal values of resistance, reactance, phase angle, extracellular water volume, intracellular water volume, and membrane status of whole body and regions of said biological entity; measuring initial values of resistance, reactance, phase angle, extracellular water volume, intracellular water volume, and membrane status of whole body and regions of said biological entity; taking whole body and regional measurements of resistance, reactance, phase angle, extracellular water volume, intracellular water volume, and membrane status at predetermined intervals of time; recording said whole body and regional measurements; comparing initial values of said whole body or regional measurements to said normal values of said whole body or regional measurements, respectively, and to serially measured values of said whole body or regional measurements, respectively; determining from said comparison steps hallmarks of said illness of said biological entity, said progression to said non-acute death of said biological entity, or said timing of non-acute death of said biological entity; and said whole body and/or regional measurements of said resistance, said reactance, said phase angle, said extracellular water volume, and said intracellular water volume are taken every other day or as frequently as required to illustrate changes in said whole body and/or regional measurements over time and to illuminate disease progression and response to treatment.
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21. A method for determining illness of a biological entity, progression to non-acute death of said biological entity, or timing of non-acute death of said biological entity, comprising the steps of:
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providing normal values of resistance, reactance, phase angle, extracellular water volume, intracellular water volume, and membrane status of whole body and regions of said biological entity; measuring initial values of resistance, reactance, phase angle, extracellular water volume, intracellular water volume, and membrane status of whole body and regions of said biological entity; taking whole body and regional measurements of resistance, reactance, phase angle, extracellular water volume, intracellular water volume, and membrane status at predetermined intervals of time; recording said whole body and regional measurements; comparing initial values of said whole body or regional measurements to said normal values of said whole body or regional measurements, respectively, and to serially measured values of said whole body or regional measurements, respectively; determining from said comparison steps hallmarks of said illness of said biological entity, said progression to said non-acute death of said biological entity, or said timing of non-acute death of said biological entity; said hallmarks include an uncorrectable loss of cell mass and membrane capacitance as evidenced by a reduction in said reactance and phase angle; and said whole body and/or regional measurements of said resistance, said reactance, said phase angle, said extracellular water volume, and said intracellular water volume are taken every other day or as frequently as required to illustrate changes in said whole body and/or regional measurements over time and to illuminate disease progression and response to treatment.
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