Clinical data monitoring and alarming apparatus and methods
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1. A clinical data monitoring system comprising:
- a sliding median filter assembly disposed for receiving a data stream from a device providing vital signs data, the data stream corresponding to at least one vital sign of a patient being monitored, the median filter assembly configured to;
detect the data stream within a time window,determine whether the detected data stream spans at least a predetermined percentage of the time window,determine a false positive reading exists in response to the detected data stream not spanning the at least predetermined percentage,ignore the detected data stream for alarming in response to the determination of the false positive reading; and
output a mean value of the data stream corresponding to the vital sign in response to the detected data stream spanning the at least predetermined percentage;
a comparative filter disposed for receiving and comparing the mean value output by an algorithm to predetermined data limits; and
an alert engine disposed for issuing an alarm when the comparative filter has determined that the mean value output is outside of the predetermined data limits.
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Abstract
Clinical data monitoring and alarming devices may have enhanced sensitivity by using sliding median filters on a clinical data stream. This enhanced sensitivity may be realized without introducing an increase in false negative alarm activation.
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1. A clinical data monitoring system comprising:
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a sliding median filter assembly disposed for receiving a data stream from a device providing vital signs data, the data stream corresponding to at least one vital sign of a patient being monitored, the median filter assembly configured to; detect the data stream within a time window, determine whether the detected data stream spans at least a predetermined percentage of the time window, determine a false positive reading exists in response to the detected data stream not spanning the at least predetermined percentage, ignore the detected data stream for alarming in response to the determination of the false positive reading; and output a mean value of the data stream corresponding to the vital sign in response to the detected data stream spanning the at least predetermined percentage; a comparative filter disposed for receiving and comparing the mean value output by an algorithm to predetermined data limits; and an alert engine disposed for issuing an alarm when the comparative filter has determined that the mean value output is outside of the predetermined data limits. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for monitoring clinical data, the method comprising:
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measuring from a monitoring device at least one vital sign of a patient; electronically passing a data stream containing the vital sign through a sliding median filter; detecting with a computing device a portion of the data stream within a time window; determining in the computing device a percentage of the time window corresponding to non-missing values of the portion of the data stream; ignoring by the computing device the portion of the data stream when said determined percentage is below a threshold percentage of the time window; outputting by the device a mean value of the portion of the data stream corresponding to the vital sign, when said determined percentage is at least the threshold percentage of the time window; comparing by the computing device the mean value output to predetermined data limits; and issuing by the computing device an alarm when the mean value output is outside of the predetermined data limits. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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