Detecting, assessing and managing a risk of death in epilepsy
First Claim
1. A method for determining and responding in real-time to an increased risk of death relating to a patient with epilepsy, comprising:
- receiving cardiac data into a medical device;
determining, using the medical device, at least one cardiac index, said at least one cardiac index being based upon the cardiac data;
determining, using the medical device, an increased risk of death associated with epilepsy if the at least one cardiac index is an extreme value;
issuing automatically a warning of the occurrence of the increased risk of death; and
logging automatically information related to the increased risk of death,further comprising determining a further increase in the risk of death;
wherein logging comprises logging at least one of a time when the increased risk of death is identified, a time when the further increased risk of death is identified, a time when the warning is issued, a type of warning issued, a body organ index related to the determined at least one index and associated with at least one of the increased risk of death or the further increased risk of death, a classification of at least one of the increased risk of death or the further increased risk of death, one or more environmental factors, one or more patient conditions, one or more patient activity factors, or one or more patient circumstances associated with the increased risk of death; and
wherein the one or more environmental factors, the one or more patient activity factors, the one or more patient conditions, and the one or more patient circumstances are based upon at least one of a level of consciousness of the patient, a level, type and duration of the activity of the patient, a body posture of the patient, a time of day, a type of seizure activity, a site of origin of the seizure activity, a frequency of seizure activity, an intensity, a duration of seizure activity, an extent of spread of seizure activity, one or more brain regions engaged in seizure activity involved by severity of seizure activity, or a time spent in seizure, a seizure burden on the patient, a seizure density, the age of the patient, the physical fitness/integrity of the patient, an impact of seizure activity on the patient, or types of medications the patient takes.
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Abstract
A method for determining and responding in real-time to an increased risk of death relating to a patient with epilepsy is provided. The method includes receiving cardiac data and determining a cardiac index based upon the cardiac data. The method includes determining an increased risk of death associated with epilepsy if the indices are extreme, issuing a warning of the increased risk of death and logging information related to the increased risk of death. Also presented is a second method for determining and responding in real-time to an increased risk of death relating to a patient with epilepsy comprising receiving at least one of arousal data, responsiveness data or awareness data and determining an arousal index, a responsiveness index or an awareness index, where the indices are based on arousal data, responsiveness data or awareness data respectively. The second method includes determining an increased risk of death related to epilepsy if indices are extreme values, issuing a warning of the increased risk of death and logging information related to the increased risk of death. A computer readable program storage device is also provided. Also provided is a method for receiving body data, determining a cardiac, an arousal, a responsiveness, or a kinetic index, determining an increased or increasing risk of death over a first time window relating to a patient with epilepsy and issuing a warning and logging relevant information.
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1. A method for determining and responding in real-time to an increased risk of death relating to a patient with epilepsy, comprising:
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receiving cardiac data into a medical device; determining, using the medical device, at least one cardiac index, said at least one cardiac index being based upon the cardiac data; determining, using the medical device, an increased risk of death associated with epilepsy if the at least one cardiac index is an extreme value; issuing automatically a warning of the occurrence of the increased risk of death; and logging automatically information related to the increased risk of death, further comprising determining a further increase in the risk of death; wherein logging comprises logging at least one of a time when the increased risk of death is identified, a time when the further increased risk of death is identified, a time when the warning is issued, a type of warning issued, a body organ index related to the determined at least one index and associated with at least one of the increased risk of death or the further increased risk of death, a classification of at least one of the increased risk of death or the further increased risk of death, one or more environmental factors, one or more patient conditions, one or more patient activity factors, or one or more patient circumstances associated with the increased risk of death; and wherein the one or more environmental factors, the one or more patient activity factors, the one or more patient conditions, and the one or more patient circumstances are based upon at least one of a level of consciousness of the patient, a level, type and duration of the activity of the patient, a body posture of the patient, a time of day, a type of seizure activity, a site of origin of the seizure activity, a frequency of seizure activity, an intensity, a duration of seizure activity, an extent of spread of seizure activity, one or more brain regions engaged in seizure activity involved by severity of seizure activity, or a time spent in seizure, a seizure burden on the patient, a seizure density, the age of the patient, the physical fitness/integrity of the patient, an impact of seizure activity on the patient, or types of medications the patient takes.
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2. A method for determining and responding in real-time to an increased risk of death relating to a patient with epilepsy, comprising:
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receiving cardiac data into a medical device; determining, using the medical device, at least one cardiac index, said at least one cardiac index being based upon the cardiac data; determining, using the medical device, an increased risk of death associated with epilepsy if the at least one cardiac index is an extreme value; issuing automatically a warning of the occurrence of the increased risk of death; and logging automatically information related to the increased risk of death, further comprising at least one of; automatically performing at least one of determining, classifying, ranking, reporting or logging at least one of an autonomic index from the group consisting of a respiratory rate, a respiratory rhythm, a respiratory pattern, a cardiac rate, and a cardiac rhythm over a predetermined period of time related to said increased risk of death; automatically performing at least one of reporting or logging at least one autonomic index over a predetermined time period before the increased risk of death is determined;
ordetermining a time when said increased risk of death returns to a baseline value.
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3. A method for determining and responding in real-time to an increased risk of death relating to a patient with epilepsy, comprising:
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receiving cardiac data into a medical device; determining, using the medical device, at least one cardiac index, said at least one cardiac index being based upon the cardiac data; determining, using the medical device, an increased risk of death associated with epilepsy if the at least one cardiac index is an extreme value; issuing automatically a warning of the occurrence of the increased risk of death; and logging automatically information related to the increased risk of death, further comprising; determining a time scale at which said extreme autonomic index is associated with a risk of death; determining an increased risk of sudden death if the time scale upon which the increase risk of death applies is a microscopic scale; and issuing a warning of an elevated risk of sudden death in response to said determining that there is a an elevated risk of sudden death, wherein the warning is indicative of at least one of a minor risk, a moderate risk, a major risk or an extreme risk.
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4. A method for determining and responding in real-time to an increased risk of death relating to a patient with epilepsy, comprising:
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receiving at least one of arousal data, responsiveness data or awareness data into a medical device; determining, at the medical device, at least one of an arousal index, a responsiveness index or an awareness index, said at least one of an arousal index, a responsive index or an awareness index being based upon said arousal data, responsiveness data or said awareness data respectively; determining, at the medical device, an increased risk of death related to epilepsy if said at least one of an arousal index, a responsiveness index or an awareness index is an extreme value; issuing automatically a warning of the occurrence of the increased risk of death; and logging automatically information related to the increased risk of death. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage device for storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method for determining in real-time of an increased risk of death relating to a patient with epilepsy, comprising:
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receiving at least one of cardiac data, arousal data or responsiveness data into a processing device; determining at least one of a cardiac index or an arousal index or a responsiveness index, said at least one of a cardiac index, an arousal index or a responsiveness index being based upon cardiac data or arousal data or responsiveness data respectively; determining an increased risk of death associated with epilepsy if at least one of the cardiac index, the arousal index or the responsiveness index is an extreme value; issuing, automatically, a warning of the occurrence of the increased risk of death; and logging, automatically, information related to the increased risk of death. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method, comprising:
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receiving body data into a medical device; determining, at the medical device, at least one of a cardiac index, an arousal index, a responsiveness index, or a kinetic index based at least upon said body data; determining, at the medical device, at least one of an increased risk of death or an increasing risk of death over a first time window relating to a patient with epilepsy based at least upon said at least one determined index, wherein said increased risk of death relating to epilepsy and said increasing risk of death relating to epilepsy comprise at least one of; a seizure coupled with at least one of bradycardia or asystole or a lack of arousability or of responsiveness of the patient; at least one patient condition, patient activity or environmental circumstance external to the seizure event that when coupled with a seizure cause an increased or increasing risk of death;
ora seizure that has a higher than normal risk of death; issuing automatically a warning in real-time of the occurrence of said identified increased risk of death or increasing risk of death over a first time window to at least one of the patient, a caregiver or emergency response personnel; and logging automatically relevant information related to said identified increased risk of death or increasing risk of death over a first time window. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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