Method and device for predicting abnormal medical events and/or assisting in diagnosis and/or monitoring, particularly in order to determine depth of anesthesia
The invention relates to the field of technological assistance for anaesthesia and intensive care practitioners, as well as to the field of simple, reliable medical monitoring for managing anaesthesia and/or predicting deleterious medical events. The invention aims to provide a system enabling prevention and anticipation of procedures necessary for patients and/or maintenance of patients in a suitable anaesthetic state for a surgical operation at a given time. For this purpose, the invention provides a method of predicting abnormal medical events and/or assisting in diagnosis and/or monitoring, comprising the continuous, real-time detection of a concomitant occurrence of a temporary inefficiency in cardiac baroreceptor reflex and an activation of non-baroreceptor reflex cardiovascular control. The invention also relates to the device used to implement said method.
