Neonatal nutrition assessment system

• US 7,909,763 B2
• Filed: 01/12/2006
• Issued: 03/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Deborah M. Abel
• Original Assignee: Deborah M. Abel
• Inventors: Abel, Deborah M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Winakur; Eric F
• Assistant Examiner(s): SORIANO, BOBBY GILES
• Application Number:
  US11/330,668
• Publication Number:
  US 20070161870A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,895 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/60 for the operation of medical equipment or devices
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/921 Diet management

Abstract

A neonatal nutrition assessment system is disclosed that includes a remote terminal connected with a server as well as several software modules. A patient diagnosis module operable to allow a physician to record at least one diagnosis relating to a patient with the remote terminal. A parenteral nutrition software module operable to allow the physician to record a parenteral nutrition prescription for a predetermined time period including at least one parenteral nutrition solution to be given the patient. An enteral nutrition software module operable to allow the physician to record an enteral nutrition prescription for the predetermined time period including at least one enteral nutrition solution to be given the patient. An outputs software module operable to allow a user to record a plurality of bodily output values for the patient over the predetermined time period. A medication software module operable to allow the physician to record at least one medication prescription for the patient. A laboratory software module operable to record a plurality of lab results for the patient over the predetermined time period.

Claims

1. A method of providing nutritional assessment for patients in an intensive care unit, comprising the steps of:

recording a parenteral nutrition prescription prescribed to said patient in said patient database server;

recording an enteral nutrition prescription prescribed to said patient in said patient database server;

calculating a plurality of nutritional data values associated with said parenteral nutrition prescription and said enteral nutrition prescription as a function of an actual amount of parenteral and enteral nutrition delivered and an actual amount of nutrition removed or otherwise not retained by said patient; and

presenting said nutritional data values to a caretaker through a graphical user interface generated on a remote terminal connected with said patient database server.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising the further step of calculating an amount of calories associated with the nutrition, the actual amount of parenteral and enteral nutrition delivered being in the form of the calculated calories.

3. The method of claim 2, comprising the further step of calculating and displaying a total number of parenteral calories per dosing weight.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the nutritional data values are calculated as a function of a weight of said patient after the actual amount of parenteral and enteral nutrition is delivered and retained by said patient.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the nutritional data values are employed to benefit said same patient whose weight that the calculation of the nutritional data values is based on.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the nutritional data values are calculated as a function of a rate of weight gain of said patient after the actual amount of parenteral and enteral nutrition is delivered and retained by said patient.

10. The method of claim 9, comprising the further steps of:

a user entering a start date and an end date of the weight gain; and

automatically calculating an average weight gain per day between the start date and the end date, wherein the nutritional data values are calculated as a function of the calculated average weight gain per day of said patient after the actual amount of parenteral and enteral nutrition is delivered and retained by said patient.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the nutritional data values are calculated as a function of a bodily function of said patient.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the bodily function comprises a renal function of said patient.

4. A method of providing nutritional assessment for patients in an intensive care unit, comprising the steps of:

recording a parenteral nutrition prescription prescribed to a patient in a patient database server;

recording an enteral nutrition prescription prescribed to said patient in said patient database server;

determining an actual amount of parenteral and enteral nutrition delivered and an actual amount of nutrition removed or otherwise not retained by said patient;

calculating a plurality of nutritional data values associated with said parenteral nutrition prescription and said enteral nutrition prescription as a function of the actual amount of parenteral and enteral nutrition delivered and an actual amount of nutrition removed or otherwise not retained by said patient; and

presenting said nutritional data values to a caretaker through a graphical user interface generated on a remote terminal connected with said patient database server.

5. The method of claim 4, comprising the further step of recording a diagnosis of said patient in the patient database server, the prescriptions being dependent upon the recorded diagnosis.

6. The method of claim 4, comprising the further steps of:

recording an infusion rate associated with at least one of the parenteral nutrition prescription and the enteral nutrition prescription; and

automatically calculating and displaying a percentage of the prescription relative to the infusion rate.