Biological information monitoring apparatus, biological information monitoring system, recording medium, and biological information monitoring method

1 . A biological information monitoring apparatus, comprising a hardware processor that:

obtains biological information on a patient, wherein at least one of a respiratory rate, a percutaneous oxygen saturation (SpO 2 ), or a pulse rate is obtained by a pulse oximeter or a respiration sensor as the biological information;

determines a reliability degree of the biological information, wherein the reliability degree is calculated by comparing a received power when receiving the biological information, a magnitude of phase variation, or statistics of the biological information with a threshold; and

causes a display to display information related to a reason of the calculated reliability degree,

wherein upon determination that the reliability degree is lower than a predetermined reference, the hardware processor causes the display to display information related to a reason of a low reliability degree and an action to be taken against the reason of the low reliability degree, in a display mode in accordance with the reason of the low reliability degree, and

wherein the reason of the low reliability degree is a problem of disturbing measurement to obtain the biological information, and the action is configured to remove the problem, and

wherein the hardware processor is capable of determining multiple reasons of the low reliability degree for a single item of the biological information and causing the display to display information corresponding to each of the multiple reasons of the low reliability degree.

2 . The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the reason of the calculated reliability degree is a reason caused by a living body of the patient, or a reason caused by what is other than the living body of the patient.

3 . The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor derives the reason of the calculated reliability degree.

4 . The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor further causes the display to display the reliability degree.

5 . The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the reason of the calculated reliability degree includes at least a first reason, and a second reason, and

the hardware processor causes the display to display information related to the first reason, and the information related to the second reason in a switchable manner.

6 . The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the reason of the calculated reliability degree includes at least a first reason, and a second reason, and

the hardware processor displays the information related to the first reason, and the information related to the second reason, respectively in display areas on the display that are different from each other.

7 . The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the reason of the calculated reliability degree includes at least a first reason, and a second reason, and

the hardware processor causes the display to display information related to the first reason, and the information related to the second reason, on an identical screen of the display.

8 . The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein upon determination that the reliability degree is lower than the predetermined reference, the hardware processor causes the display to be in the display mode different from a mode before determination of the reliability degree to be lower than the predetermined reference.

9 . The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a notifier that issues a notification about the determination result when the hardware processor determines that the reliability degree is lower than the predetermined reference.

10 . A biological information monitoring system, comprising a hardware processor that:

obtains biological information on a patient, wherein at least one of a respiratory rate, a percutaneous oxygen saturation (SpO 2 ), or a pulse rate is obtained by a pulse oximeter or a respiration sensor as the biological information;

determines a reliability degree of the biological information, wherein the reliability degree is calculated by comparing a received power when receiving the biological information, a magnitude of phase variation, or statistics of the biological information with a threshold; and

causes a display to display information related to a reason of the calculated reliability degree,

wherein upon determination that the reliability degree is lower than a predetermined reference, the hardware processor causes the display to display information related to a reason of a low reliability degree and an action to be taken against the reason of the low reliability degree, in a display mode in accordance with the reason of the low reliability degree,

wherein the reason of the low reliability degree is a problem of disturbing measurement to obtain the biological information, and the action is configured to remove the problem, and

wherein the hardware processor is capable of determining multiple reasons of the low reliability degree for a single item of the biological information and causing the display to display information corresponding to each of the multiple reasons of the low reliability degree.

11 . The biological information monitoring system according to claim 10 , wherein the hardware processor derives the reason of the calculated reliability degree.

12 . A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing a biological information monitoring program that causes a computer to achieve:

an obtainment function of obtaining biological information on a patient, wherein at least one of a respiratory rate, a percutaneous oxygen saturation (SpO 2 ), or a pulse rate is obtained by a pulse respiration sensor as the biological information;

a reliability degree determination function of determining a reliability degree of the biological information, wherein the reliability degree is calculated by comparing a received power when receiving the biological information, a magnitude of phase variation, or statistics of the biological information with a threshold; and

a display control function of causing a display to display information related to a reason of a calculated reliability degree by the reliability degree determination function,

wherein upon determination that the reliability degree is lower than a predetermined reference, the display control function causes the display to display information related to a reason of a low reliability degree and an action to be taken against the reason of the low reliability degree, in a display mode in accordance with the reason of the low reliability degree,

wherein the reason of the low reliability degree is a problem of disturbing measurement to obtain the biological information, and the action is configured to remove the problem, and

wherein the hardware processor is capable of determining multiple reasons of the low reliability degree for a single item of the biological information and causing the display to display information corresponding to each of the multiple reasons of the low reliability degree.

13 . A biological information monitoring method, comprising:

obtaining biological information on a patient, wherein at least one of a respiratory rate, a percutaneous oxygen saturation (SpO 2 ), or a pulse rate is obtained by a pulse oximeter or a respiration sensor as the biological information;

determining a reliability degree of the biological information, wherein the reliability degree is calculated by comparing a received power when receiving the biological information, a magnitude of phase variation, or statistics of the biological information with a threshold; and

causing a display to display information related to a reason of a calculated reliability degree by the reliability degree determining,

wherein upon determination that the reliability degree is lower than a predetermined reference, the display is caused to display information related to a reason of a low reliability degree and an action to be taken against the reason of the low reliability degree, in a display mode in accordance with the reason of the low reliability degree,

wherein the reason of the low reliability degree is a problem of disturbing measurement to obtain the biological information, and the action is configured to remove the problem, and

wherein the hardware processor is capable of determining multiple reasons of the low reliability degree for a single item of the biological information and causing the display to display information corresponding to each of the multiple reasons of the low reliability degree.

14 . The biological information monitoring apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the biological information is obtained by the respiration sensor, and the respiration sensor is a radio wave sensor emitting a radio wave and receiving the radio wave reflected by a measurement target object.