Patent ID: 7066883

Claim:
A method for monitoring therapy being administered to a patient, comprising the steps of: (a) acquiring an information value by obtaining a measurement from a patient representing a course of a therapy being administered to the patient; (b) designating a designated value selected from the group consisting of said information value and a calculated value calculated from said information value; (c) allocating a comparison value to said designated value and comparing said designated value to said comparison value in a comparison; (d) generating an alarm if said comparison indicates an impermissible deviation of said designated value from said comparison value; (e) at intervals during said course of said therapy selected from the group consisting of predetermined time intervals and variable time intervals, automatically determining, dependent on said designated value, whether a need exists to adapt said comparison value and, if so, automatically taking action selected from the group consisting of automatically changing said comparison value, and informing an agent of said need to adapt said comparison value; and (f) if said comparison value is to be adapted by an agent, automatically generating an indication to said agent of said need to adapt said comparison value.