Patent ID: 8147419

Claim:
A system employing at least one medical parameter relating at least to respiration of a patient for providing an output indication relating to at least one medical condition, the system comprising: a medical data input interface adapted to provide the at least one medical parameter relating at least to respiration of the patient, wherein said data input interface comprises at least one monitoring device operative to continuously monitor the at least one medical parameter, wherein said at least one monitoring device includes a capnograph; and a medical parameter interpreter comprising: a medical condition diagnosis module for diagnosing, based on the at least one medical parameter, a type of said at least one medical condition, and a medical condition severity indication module for indicating, based on the at least one medical parameter, a degree of severity of said at least one medical condition diagnosed by said medical condition diagnosis module, wherein said medical parameter interpreter is operative to provide said at one output indication relating to at least one medical condition responsive to a pattern of changes in said at least one medical parameter over time.