SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT HEALTH BASED ON RECOVERY RESPONSES FROM OXYGEN DESATURATION

摘要

FIELD: medicine.;SUBSTANCE: method for assessing a patient's health is carried out using a health assessment system. Method comprises receiving medical data representing a patient's oxygen saturation. Detecting an oxygen desaturation event from the medical data. Determining a recovery response following the oxygen desaturation event. Generating a health assessment based on the patient's recovery response with or without caregiver intervention.;EFFECT: improved health monitoring is achieved using an assessment based on a recovery response with or without caregiver intervention.;15 cl, 8 dwg, 1 tbl