PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNITION AND FORECASTING OF A DANGER CONDITION, ESPECIALLY IN CASE OF INTENSIVE MEDICAL CARE

摘要

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREProcess and apparatus for patient danger recognitionand forecasting, particularly for the intensive medical care ofthe patient. The invention uses various variables to set up adanger function that represents the probability of occurrence ofa danger condition, forms average values of the danger functionthroughout subsequent time periods that are shorter than thetime required for a medical intervention, by comparing theformed average values with levels of increasing sequences ofthreshold values, providing an indication associated with thehighest exceeded threshold value, using the average values toset up a regression function which approximates the sequencethereof, determining a subsequent extrapolated value of thefunction for the next time period that represents a forecastaverage value of the danger function, and indicating theextrapolated value provided it is higher than a predeterminedlevel. Preferably three threshold values are used in thecomparing step, with magnitudes of 40, 60 and 80% of the dangerfunction, respectively.