Claims
- 1. A method for monitoring a patient, comprising:
receiving a signal representing a value of a physiological parameter, the value having triggered an alarm associated with the psychological parameter; determining a notification based at least on the received signal and on a second signal representing a value of a second physiological parameter; and presenting the notification to an operator.
- 2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:
determining a second notification based at least on the received signal.
- 3. A method according to claim 2, further comprising determining a probability associated with each of the notification and the second notification; and
presenting each of the notification and the second notification in conjunction with a respective associated probability.
- 4. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:
receiving an instruction to suppress the notification; determining the notification based at least on a third received signal; and determining that the notification should not be presented based on the received instruction.
- 5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the notification is determined using a probabilistic network.
- 6. A method according to claim 5, wherein the probabilistic network is a Bayesian network.
- 7. A method according to claim 5, wherein the probabilistic network is a predictive network.
- 8. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:
issuing an instruction to suppress the alarm.
- 9. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:
receiving an instruction to suppress the notification; determining a second notification based at least on a third received signal and on an assumption that the notification is not indicative of the patient's condition.
- 10. A method for managing patient monitoring alarms, comprising:
receiving an instruction to suppress a particular notification; receiving a signal representing a value of a physiological parameter of a patient, the value having triggered an alarm associated with the psychological parameter; determining a notification based at least on the received signal, on a second signal representing a value of a second physiological parameter, and on the instruction to suppress the particular notification; and presenting the determined notification to an operator.
- 11. A method according to claim 10, further comprising:
receiving an instruction to discontinue suppression of the particular notification; receiving a second signal representing a second value of the physiological parameter, the value having triggered an alarm associated with the psychological parameter; determining the particular notification based at least on the received second signal; and presenting the particular notification to an operator.
- 12. A method according to claim 10, further comprising:
issuing an instruction to suppress the alarm.
- 13. A method according to claim 10, wherein the determining step comprises:
determining the notification based at least on an assumption that the particular notification is not indicative of the patient's condition.
- 14. A system for monitoring a patient, comprising:
a plurality of monitoring devices, each of the plurality of monitoring devices for monitoring values of one or more respective physiological parameters, for determining that a value of one of the one or more respective physiological parameters violates an associated alarm threshold, and for issuing an alarm indicating that the value violates the associated alarm threshold; and a notification system for receiving a signal representing the value and one or more signals representing other monitored values, for determining a notification based at least on the received signal and on the one or more signals, and for presenting the notification to an operator.
- 15. A system according to claim 14, wherein the notification system further comprises:
an input device for receiving an instruction to suppress a particular notification.
- 16. A system according to claim 15, the notification system for determining the notification based at least on an assumption that the particular notification is not indicative of the patient's condition.
- 17. A system according to claim 14, the notification system for issuing an instruction to suppress the alarm.
- 18. A medical alarm system for processing information from a plurality of patient monitoring sources to generate an alert message, comprising:
a communication interface for receiving patient physiological parameter values from a plurality of patient monitoring devices for a particular patient; a prediction unit for providing data representing an extrapolated patient condition based on the parameter values; a decision processor for applying a decision rule to said extrapolated patient condition to identify an alert condition; and an alert generator for generating an alert indication in response to said identified alert condition.
- 19. A system according to claim 18, wherein
said prediction unit uses patient record information for a particular patient in extrapolating patient condition.
- 20. A medical alarm system for processing information from a plurality of patient monitoring sources to generate an alert message, comprising:
a communication interface for receiving patient physiological parameters from a plurality of patient monitoring devices for a particular patient; a prediction unit for providing data representing an extrapolated patient condition based on acquired patient medical parameters; and a generator for providing at least one of, (a) diagnostic and (b) treatment suggestions based on said extrapolated patient condition.
- 21. A system according to claim 20, wherein
said generator provides user-selectable suggestion information of different degrees of detail concerning said extrapolated condition.
- 22. A system according to claim 21, wherein
said generator associates different reliability weighting to corresponding suggestion information of different degrees of detail.
- 23. A user interface comprising:
a displayed image area to present a notification based at least on a signal representing a value of a physiological parameter, the value having triggered an alarm associated with the psychological parameter, and on a second signal representing a value of a second physiological parameter.
- 24. A user interface according to claim 23, further comprising:
a displayed image area to present a probability associated with the presented notification.
- 25. A user interface according to claim 24, further comprising:
a displayed image area to present a second notification and a second probability associated with the second notification.
- 26. The user interface of claim 23, further comprising:
an interface to receive an instruction to suppress the notification.
- 27. The user interface of claim 26, wherein the displayed image area presents a second notification based at least on the received signal, on the second signal, and on the instruction to suppress the particular notification.
- 28. The user interface of claim 27, further comprising:
a displayed image area to present a probability associated with the second notification.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to Provisional Application Serial No. 60/316,605, filed Aug. 31, 2001 and entitled “A Smart Alarm and Decision Support System.”
Provisional Applications (1)
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