Hemoglobin display and patient treatment
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1. A patient monitoring system comprising:
- a noninvasive sensor for emitting energy into a patient measurement site and detecting the energy attenuated by the patient measurement site;
a memory buffer; and
a processing unit which determines a first plurality of total hemoglobin readings over a first time period using the attenuated energy detected by the sensor and store the first plurality of total hemoglobin readings in the memory buffer,said processing unit includes a frequency transform module which performs a frequency transform on the first plurality of total hemoglobin readings stored in the memory buffer to determine frequency data from the first plurality of total hemoglobin readings.
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes embodiments of a patient monitoring system and methods that include the measure and display of hemoglobin statistics. In an embodiment, total hemoglobin trending is displayed over a period of time. Statistics can include frequency domain analysis, which may be unique for each patient monitored. The total hemoglobin trending and/or statistics can further be used to help control the treatment of a patient, such as being used to control IV administration.
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1. A patient monitoring system comprising:
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a noninvasive sensor for emitting energy into a patient measurement site and detecting the energy attenuated by the patient measurement site; a memory buffer; and a processing unit which determines a first plurality of total hemoglobin readings over a first time period using the attenuated energy detected by the sensor and store the first plurality of total hemoglobin readings in the memory buffer, said processing unit includes a frequency transform module which performs a frequency transform on the first plurality of total hemoglobin readings stored in the memory buffer to determine frequency data from the first plurality of total hemoglobin readings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A patient monitor device comprising:
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a processing unit which accepts signals indicative of optical energy attenuated by patient tissue detected from a noninvasive, optical sensor and further interprets the signals; the processing unit further determines a first plurality of total hemoglobin readings; and the processing unit includes a frequency transform module which performs a frequency transform on the first plurality of total hemoglobin readings to determine frequency analysis of the first plurality of total hemoglobin readings. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for monitoring patient hemoglobin levels, the method comprising:
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emitting energy into a patient measurement site for attenuation by the measurement site; detecting attenuated energy from the measurement site; determining a first plurality of total hemoglobin readings from the detected attenuated energy over a period of time; and determining a first frequency signature of the first plurality of total hemoglobin readings by applying a frequency domain analysis to the first plurality of total hemoglobin readings. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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