Method and apparatus for management of heart failure hospitalization
AssigneeCardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
InventorsRamesh Wariar, Jeffrey E. Stahmann, Julie A. Thompson, Helen L. Reeve-Stoffer
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Abstract
A hospitalization management system including a heart failure analyzer that receives diagnostic data including at least sensor data representative of one or more physiological signals sensed from a hospitalized patient using one or more sensors and assesses risk of rehospitalization for the patient using the diagnostic data. The outcome of the risk assessment is used during and following the patient's hospitalization for reducing the risk of rehospitalization.
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A system for managing a heart failure patient, the system comprising:
- a sensor processing circuit configured to receive one or more physiological signals and produce sensor data representative of the one or more physiological signals;
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- a heart failure analyzer circuit coupled to the sensor processing circuit, the heart failure analyzer configured to:
- receive diagnostic data including the sensor data, the diagnostic data indicative of one or more conditions associated with heart failure decompensation;
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- produce a risk class parameter classifying a level of risk for rehospitalization within a specified period using the diagnostic data.
A method for managing a heart failure patient, the method comprising:
- sensing one or more physiological signals;
- producing sensor data representative of the one or more physiological signals;
- receiving diagnostic data including the sensor data, the diagnostic data indicative of one or more conditions associated with heart failure decompensation;
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- producing a risk class parameter classifying a level of risk for rehospitalization within a specified period using the diagnostic data.
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