| abstract |
A method (3000) of indicating a condition of a patient is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving (3100), on a processor, vital signs information from a sensor for monitoring vital signs of the patient;receiving (3200), on said processor, environmental and/or contextual information for the patient from an environmental sensor for monitoring environmental and/or contextual information; communicating (3300) the environmental and/or contextual information to a database that stores a plurality of patient-specific reference values, each reference value corresponding to a different environmental and/or contextual condition; selecting (3400), on said database, a patient-specific reference value among the said plurality in response to the received environmental and/or contextual information; receiving (3500), on said processor, the selected patient-specific reference value for the vital signs information of the patient from said database; and processing (3600), on said processor, the vital signs information and the selected patient-specific reference value so as to generate an indicator of a condition of the patient. |