Monitoring information providing device and method

Abstract

The present invention relates to a monitoring information providing device and method which provide more information regarding a patient's physiological signs in real-time, in particular in case of a drug administration to the patient. The proposed device comprises a patient data input for obtaining patient data of a monitored patient, a drug identification input for obtaining drug administration data identifying a drug administered to the patient and the time of administration of the drug to the patient, a drug information input for obtaining drug information of the identified drug, said drug information including drug side effects and/or drug-drug interactions and/or drug-disease contraindications, a processing unit for determining time-resolved monitoring information based on the obtained patient data, drug administration data and drug information, said monitoring information being dynamically adapted and indicating one or more physiological signs of the patient that are most critical to monitor over time, and an output interface for outputting said monitoring information.

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