Physiological input to determine validity of data

A computer-implemented method for flagging validity of oxygen saturation data, the method comprising:

• acquiring oxygen saturation data from tissue of a patient with an oxygenation sensor;
• acquiring temperature data from the tissue of the patient with a temperature sensor positioned at a location to acquire the temperature data while the acquiring the oxygen saturation data with an oxygenation sensor;
• and
• with a monitoring system:
• determining, by a processor in the monitoring system, whether the temperature data satisfies one or more pre-stored conditions indicative of the validity of the oxygen saturation data;
• flagging, by the processor in the monitoring system, the oxygen saturation data as invalid if the temperature data does not satisfy the one or more pre-stored conditions;
• and
• displaying the-oxygen saturation data if the temperature data satisfies the one or more pre-stored conditions.

A computer-implemented method for modifying oxygen saturation data to compensate for temperature, the method comprising:

• acquiring oxygen saturation data from tissue of a patient with an oxygenation sensor;
• acquiring temperature data from the tissue of the patient with a temperature sensor positioned at a location to acquire the temperature data while the acquiring the oxygen saturation data with an oxygenation sensor;
• and
• with a monitoring system:
• determining, by a processor in the monitoring system, whether the temperature data satisfies one or more pre-stored conditions indicative of the validity of the oxygen saturation data;
• modifying the oxygen saturation data to compensate for the temperature data based on a pre-stored correlation of the oxygen saturation data and the temperature data, when it is determined that the temperature data does not satisfy the one or more pre-stored conditions indicative of the validity of the oxygen saturation data;
• and
• displaying the modified oxygen saturation data.