Automated collection and analysis patient care system and method for diagnosing and monitoring respiratory insufficiency and outcomes thereof

An automated method for diagnosing and monitoring respiratory insufficiency and outcomes thereof, comprising:

• retrieving a plurality of monitoring sets from a database which each comprise recorded measures relating to patient information recorded on a substantially continuous basis;
• determining a patient status change by comparing at least one recorded measure from each of the monitoring sets to at least one other recorded measure with both recorded measures relating to a same type of patient information;
• and
• testing each patient status change against an indicator threshold corresponding to the same type of patient information as the recorded measures which were compared, the indicator threshold corresponding to a quantifiable physiological measure of a pathophysiology indicative of respiratory insufficiency.

A computer-readable storage medium containing code for an automated method for diagnosing and monitoring respiratory insufficiency and outcomes thereof, comprising:

• code for retrieving a plurality of monitoring sets from a database which each comprise recorded measures relating to patient information recorded on a substantially continuous basis;
• code for determining a patient status change by comparing at least one recorded measure from each of the monitoring sets to at least one other recorded measure with both recorded measures relating to a same type of patient information;
• and
• code for testing each patient status change against an indicator threshold corresponding to the same type of patient information as the recorded measures which were compared, the indicator threshold corresponding to a quantifiable physiological measure of a pathophysiology indicative of respiratory insufficiency.

An automated collection and analysis patient care system for diagnosing and monitoring respiratory insufficiency and outcomes thereof, comprising:

• a database storing a plurality of monitoring sets, each monitoring set comprising recorded measures which each relate to patient information and comprise either medical device measures or derived measures calculable therefrom, the medical device measures having been recorded on a substantially continuous basis;
• a set of stored indicator thresholds, each indicator threshold corresponding to a quantifiable physiological measure of a pathophysiology indicative of respiratory insufficiency and relating to a same type of patient information as at least one of the recorded measures;
• and
• a diagnostic module diagnosing a respiratory insufficiency finding, comprising:
• an analysis module determining a change in patient status by comparing at least one recorded measure to at least one other recorded measure with both recorded measures relating to the same type of patient information;
• and
• a comparison module comparing each patient status change to the indicator threshold corresponding to the same type of patient information as the recorded measures which were compared.

A method for diagnosing and monitoring respiratory insufficiency and outcomes thereof using an automated collection and analysis patient care system, comprising:

• retrieving a plurality of monitoring sets from a database, each monitoring set comprising recorded measures which each relate to patient information and comprise either medical device measures or derived measures calculable therefrom, the medical device measures having been recorded on a substantially continuous basis;
• defining a set of indicator thresholds, each indicator threshold corresponding to a quantifiable physiological measure of a pathophysiology indicative of respiratory insufficiency and relating to a same type of patient information as at least one of the recorded measures;
• and
• diagnosing a respiratory insufficiency finding, comprising:
• determining a chance in patient status by comparing at least one recorded measure to at least one other recorded measure with both recorded measures relating to the same type of patient information;
• and
• comparing each patient status change to the indicator threshold corresponding to the same type of patient information as the recorded measures which were compared.

A computer-readable storage medium holding code for diagnosing and monitoring respiratory insufficiency using an automated collection and analysis patient care system, comprising:

• code for retrieving a plurality of monitoring sets from a database, each monitoring set comprising recorded measures which each relate to patient information and comprise either medical device measures or derived measures calculable therefrom, the medical device measures having been recorded on a substantially continuous basis;
• code for defining a set of indicator thresholds, each indicator threshold corresponding to a quantifiable physiological measure of a pathophysiology indicative of respiratory insufficiency and relating to a same type of patient information as at least one of the recorded measures;
• and
• code for diagnosing a respiratory insufficiency finding, comprising:
• code for determining a change in patient status by comparing at least one recorded measure to at least one other recorded measure with both recorded measures relating to the same type of patient information;
• and
• code for comparing each patient status change to the indicator threshold corresponding to the same type of patient information as the recorded measures which were compared.

An automated patient care system for diagnosing and monitoring respiratory insufficiency and outcomes thereof, comprising:

• a database storing recorded measures organized into a monitoring set for an individual patient with each recorded measure having been recorded on a substantially continuous basis and relating to at least one of monitoring reduced exercise capacity and respiratory distress;
• a database module periodically retrieving a plurality of the monitoring sets from the database;
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• a diagnostic module evaluating at least one of respiratory insufficiency onset, progression, regression, and status quo, comprising:
• a comparison module determining a patient status change by comparing at least one recorded measure from each of the monitoring sets to at least one other recorded measure with both recorded measures relating to a same type of patient information;
• and
• an analysis module testing each patient status change against an indicator threshold corresponding to the same type of patient information as the recorded measures which were compared, the indicator threshold corresponding to a quantifiable physiological measure of a pathophysiology indicative of reduced exercise capacity and respiratory distress.

A method for diagnosing and monitoring respiratory insufficiency and outcomes thereof in an automated patient care system, comprising:

• storing recorded measures organized into a monitoring set for an individual patient into a database with each recorded measure having been recorded on a substantially continuous basis and relating to at least one of monitoring reduced exercise capacity and respiratory distress;
• periodically retrieving a plurality of the monitoring sets from the database;
• evaluating at least one of respiratory insufficiency onset, progression, regression, and status quo, comprising:
• determining a patient status change by comparing at least one recorded measure from each of the monitoring sets to at least one other recorded measure with both recorded measures relating to a same type of patient information;
• and
• testing each patient status change against an indicator threshold corresponding to the same type of patient information as the recorded measures which were compared, the indicator threshold corresponding to a quantifiable physiological measure of a pathophysiology indicative of reduced exercise capacity and respiratory distress.

A computer-readable storage medium holding code for diagnosing and monitoring respiratory insufficiency in an automated patient care system, comprising:

• code for storing recorded measures organized into a monitoring set for an individual patient into a database with each recorded measure having been recorded on a substantially continuous basis and relating to at least one of monitoring reduced exercise capacity and respiratory distress;
• code for periodically retrieving a plurality of the monitoring sets from the database;
• code for evaluating at least one of respiratory insufficiency onset, progression, regression, and status quo, comprising:
• code for determining a patient status change by comparing at least one recorded measure from each of the monitoring sets to at least one other recorded measure with both recorded measures relating to a same type of patient information;
• and
• code for testing each patient status change against an indicator threshold corresponding to the same type of patient information as the recorded measures which were compared, the indicator threshold corresponding to a quantifiable physiological measure of a pathophysiology indicative of reduced exercise capacity and respiratory distress.