Method and system for monitoring a patient's medical condition

A method for monitoring a medical state of a patient through a dynamically rendered visualization of a synthetic two or three dimensional patient model, the monitoring involving monitoring one or more medical parameters of the patient, the patient model representing the medical state of the monitored patient and being rendered into a graphical representation of the patient over a range of values of a specific monitored medical parameter of the patient, the method comprising:

• a group of algorithms including:
• a first patient monitoring algorithm, wherein a volume of a rendered region corresponding to the patient's vena cava region is associated with a current value of the patient's mean central venous pressure (CVP), wherein the volume of the patient's vena cava region is re-rendered when the current value of the patient's mean central venous pressure (CVP) changes, and wherein the volume of the patient's vena cava region is proportional to the current value of the patient's mean central venous pressure (CVP);
• a second patient monitoring algorithm, wherein a volume of a rendered region corresponding to the patient's lung is altered between a first value and a second value derived from a tidal volume (TV), respectively, with a display refresh frequency associated with a respiratory rate (RR), and wherein the first value is smaller than the second value;
• a third patient monitoring algorithm, wherein a volume of a rendered region corresponding to the patient's expiratory CO2 cloud is altered between a first value and a second value derived from a capnographic value (CAP), respectively, with the display refresh frequency being associated with the patient's respiratory rate (RR), and wherein the first value is smaller than the second value;
• a fourth patient monitoring algorithm, wherein a rendered region corresponding to the patient's eye is altered when a bispectral index (BI) value changes, wherein when the index (BI) lies in a first range, the patient's eye region is rendered in an open state, and wherein when the index (BI) lies in a second range, the patient's eye region is rendered in a closed state, and wherein when the index (BI) is in a third range, the patient's the eye region is rendered in a partially open state;
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• a fifth patient monitoring algorithm, wherein a rendered region corresponding to the patient's hand is altered when a current neuromuscular transmission (NMT) value changes, wherein when the current neuromuscular transmission (NMT) value lies in a first range, the patient's hand region is rendered in a first state, in a relaxed state, and wherein when the current neuromuscular transmission (NMT) value lies in a second range, the patient's hand region is rendered in a different second state with an extended thumb and tightened fingers;
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• re-rendering the graphical representation of the monitored patient in response to changes in the monitored patient's medical state according to at least one algorithm selected from the group of algorithms,
• wherein the re-rendering of the graphical representation occurs at a pre-defined display refresh frequency that is associated with medical state value ranges of corresponding real-time parameters monitored by the selected algorithm, and
• wherein changes in the re-rendering frequency of each rendered region in the graphical representation of the monitored patient, for the selected algorithm, occurs only when a corresponding monitored parameter value crosses a pre-defined threshold value that is indicative of change in the monitored patient's medical state.