Patent ID: 8550996

Claim:
A computer implemented method of determining a measure associated with a severity of illness of a patient, the method comprising: receiving, by the computer, information indicating the age of the patient; receiving, by the computer, measurement data pertaining to the patient, the measurement data comprising a plurality of vital signs including respiratory rate, heart rate, respiratory effort, oxygen therapy, capillary refill time, transcutaneous oxygen saturation, and systolic blood pressure; determining, by the computer, for each vital sign a set of ranges, wherein each range has associated therewith a score value based on a severity of illness, and wherein the upper and lower bounds of each range are determined based on the age of the patient; processing, by the computer, the measurement data to identify, for each vital sign, a corresponding range and a corresponding score value, thereby obtaining a set of score values; and processing, by the computer, the set of score values and calculating a total score associated with a severity of illness of the patient.