Graphically presenting features of rise or fall perturbations of sequential values of five or more clinical tests

A patient monitoring system for generating real-time images of changes in severity of sepsis comprising:

• a real-time patient monitor having a display, a memory comprising instructions, and a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory and the display, that executes or facilitates execution of the instructions, such that the processor is programmed to:
• receive, for each of at least five different clinical tests, at least two sequential clinical test values of that test;
• detect at least one perturbation of the sequential values of each test, each perturbation being one of a rise of the values of that test or a fall of the values of that test;
• for each perturbation, determine at least two features, wherein each feature is a value of the perturbation corresponding to a feature type, wherein the feature type comprises at least one of:
• a beginning value, an end value, a peak value, a nadir value, a slope, a duration, a percent change, a magnitude, or a product of the magnitude multiplied by the slope;
• generate a feature image component for each determined feature, the feature image component having a visual aspect responsive to the corresponding determined feature;
• generate a perturbation image component for each detected perturbation, wherein each perturbation image component comprises a time dimensioned horizontal bar responsive to the features of the detected perturbation;
• and
• graphically present on the display an image comprising the horizontal bars and the feature image components on a time dimensioned map, the image changing in real-time in response to changes in the features, the image being indicative of a change in the severity of sepsis over time.