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, the 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 an autonomic index;
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 the increased risk of death returns to a baseline value.
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Abstract
A method includes receiving cardiac data and determining a cardiac index based upon the cardiac data; 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. A second method comprises 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; 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 non-transitory computer readable program storage device encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform a method is also provided.
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25 Claims
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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, the 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 an autonomic index; 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 the increased risk of death returns to a baseline value. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for determining in real-time 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, the 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 (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for determining in real-time an increased risk of death relating to a patient with epilepsy, comprising:
a determination component adapted to; receive at least one of cardiac data, arousal data or responsiveness data into a processing device; determine at least one of a cardiac index or an arousal index or a responsiveness index, the 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; determine 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; issue, automatically, a warning of the occurrence of the increased risk of death; and log, automatically, information related to the increased risk of death. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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