Systems and methods for optimizing medical care through data monitoring and feedback treatment

A method for event driven patient monitoring and treatment of a patient comprising:

• receiving, at a computer, patient-specific data associated with the patient, the patient-specific data comprising at least data from a blood oximeter coupled with the patient;
• determining, by the computer, a plurality of physiological variables based on the received patient-specific data;
• defining, by the computer, a state space partitioned into the plurality of possible clinical patient states defined by a plurality of boundaries, including a boundary between adequate DO2 and inadequate DO2, and a boundary between normal Qp/Qs and high Qp/Q, the plurality of possible patient states comprising:
• (i) inadequate DO2 along with normal Qp/Qs;
• (ii) adequate DO2 along with high Qp/Qs;
• and
• (iii) inadequate DO2 along with high Qp/Qs;
• determining, by the computer, from the physiological variables, a current clinical patient state within the state space, the current clinical patient state being one of:
• (a) inadequate DO2 along with normal Qp/Qs;
• (b) adequate DO2 along with high Qp/Qs;
• and
• (c) inadequate DO2 along with high Qp/Qs;
• and
• sending a signal from the computer to a treatment device coupled to the patient so that the signal causes the treatment device to administer a treatment to the patient, the treatment known to address the current clinical patient state.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable by a computer, the instructions comprising:

• instructions to cause the computer to receive patient-specific data associated with the patient, the patient-specific data comprising at least data from one of a plurality of sensors coupled with the patient, the plurality of sensors including at least a blood oximeter;
• instructions to cause the computer to determine a plurality of physiological variables based on the received patient-specific data, the plurality of physiological variables including at least oxygen saturation;
• instructions to cause the computer to define a state space partitioned into a plurality of possible clinical patient states defined by a plurality of boundaries, the plurality of possible patient states comprising:
• (i) inadequate DO2 along with normal Qp/Qs;
• (ii) adequate DO2 along with high Qp/Qs;
• and
• (iii) inadequate DO2 along with high Qp/Qs;
• instructions to cause the computer to determine from the physiological variables, a current clinical patient state of the patient within the state space, the current clinical patient state being one of:
• (a) inadequate DO2 along with normal Qp/Qs;
• (b) adequate DO2 along with high Qp/Qs;
• and
• (c) inadequate DO2 along with high Qp/Qs;
• and
• instructions to cause the computer to control a treatment device by sending a signal to the treatment device coupled to the patient so that the signal causes the treatment device to administer a treatment to the patient, the treatment known to address the current clinical patient state.