Patient monitoring apparatus for determining a parameter representing an intrathoracic volume compartment of a patient
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Dec 20, 2007
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Dec 22, 2006
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A patient monitoring apparatus determines a parameter representing an intrathoracic volume compartment, such as extravascular lung water, and normalizes the determined parameter on the basis of input biometric data, such as body height, using an algorithm selected from a plurality of algorithms depending on a category a patient is allocated to. Preferably, the parameter is normalized by dividing it by a predicted (ideal) body weight which is calculated from the patient's body height. A memory of the patient monitoring apparatus has stored therein a program for selectively executing one of several algorithms for determining a predicted weight. Before determining normalized values, the operator is prompted to input height and gender of the patient and whether the patient is an adult or a pediatric patient.
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