The present invention relates to a patient
monitoring system (1). Further the invention relates to a method for monitoring a patient and to a
computer program for a patient
monitoring system (1). In order to provide a reliable technique for reducing the number of false alarms in a patient
monitoring system a patient monitoring
system (1) is suggested, which comprises a first sensor device (2) adapted to acquire (101) a first patient
signal (10) corresponding to a first physiological parameter of the patient, a second sensor device (3, 4, 5) adapted to acquire (102, 103, 104) a second patient
signal (11, 12, 13) corresponding to a second physiological parameter of the patient, said second patient
signal (11, 12, 13) comprising an
overlay signal (14, 15, 16) caused by the first physiological parameter of the patient, a
processing device (7) adapted to determine (105) from the first patient signal (10) a first value of the first physiological parameter of the patient, to determine (106, 107, 108) from the
overlay signal (14, 15, 16) of the second patient signal (11, 12, 13) a second value of the first physiological parameter of the patient, and to analyze (109) the first and second value of the first physiological parameter of the patient, and a control device (8) adapted to control (110) a
patient monitor alarm
system (9) depending on the result of the analysis.