Alarm generation method for patient monitoring, physiological monitoring apparatus, and computer program product for a physiological monitoring apparatus

摘要

A method for generating alarms in a physiological monitoring apparatus, a physiological monitoring apparatus, and a computer program product for a physiological monitoring apparatus are disclosed. A quality measure is calculated (23) for a physiological parameter, the quality measure being indicative of confidence level of the physiological parameter. An alarm is detected (22) when the physiological parameter reaches a predetermined alarm limit and the alarm is escalated in response to the detecting, wherein the escalating includes conditionally raising priority of the alarm. The escalation of the alarm is controlled (24) based on the quality measure. (FIG. 2)