Centralized hospital monitoring system for automatically detecting upper airway instability and for preventing and aborting adverse drug reactions

摘要

A system and method for the automatic diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in a centralized hospital critical care monitoring system for the monitoring of a plurality of patients in at least one of a critical care, step down, and cardiac ward by telemetry. The system includes a central processor having a display, and a plurality of telemetry units for mounting with patients, each of the telemetry units has a plurality of sensors for connection with each patient, the telemetry unit is capable of the transmission of multiple signals derived from the sensors to the central processor, in one preferred embodiment the method comprising steps of programming the system to analyze the signals and to automatically identify the presence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea and to provide an indication of the identification.

主权项

1. A monitoring system, comprising:
a monitor configured for receiving input relating to patient physiological pulse oximetry or exhaled CO2 parameters and storing data related to the parameters, the monitor comprising: a processor programmed for analyzing the data to detect and display an SPO2, a pulse, or an exhaled CO2 pattern and to determine a severity of said pattern, the pattern comprising clustering of reciprocations of SPO2, pulse, or exhaled CO2 data due to corresponding clustering of sleep apnea events; and at least one processor programmed for communicating with a drug infusion pump controller to discontinue drug infusion responsive to the severity of said pattern.