4. Using the Card File in Cardiax

When you start the program, the Cardiax system displays the Card File window. The left hand side of the window contains the Patient List, the right hand side of the window shows the Patient Card of the patient selected from the list. The Patient List contains the name, code, birth date, and the date of the last ECG record. The width of the columns can be adjusted (or even hidden) with the mouse by grabbing the delimiter in the table header.

The default order of the patients is alphabetical which can be changed by clicking on the header of the desired column (code, born, last ECG).

The easiest way to find a patient is to enter the starting letters of the patient's name. The cursor jumps automatically to the first line where letters are identical with the entered letters.

You can move in the patient list with the [Up] and [Down] keys, [PgUp] and [PgDn] are for the bigger jumps (pages). Jumping to the beginning/end of list: [Home], [End].

4.1 Adding a new patient

You can start to start fill out the patient card. The patient card includes the following fields: name, code, birth date, sex, height, weight, doctor, diagnosis.

The entered dates can be stored by pressing [Enter] or by clicking on OK.

4.2 Editing a patient card

Menu: Patient / Patient card
Hotkey: [Tab]

The last three lines of the patient card contain read-only information:

• number of stored rest or stress test ECG recordings,
• indicator of the patient's comment block
• date of the last ECG recording.

4.3Deleting from the patient list

All data of the patient (including ECG recordings) will be deleted.Important: the deleted cards cannot be undeleted! All patient data including ECG records will be lost!

4.4 Selecting card files

In the Select menu item you have the option to select only specific cards from the card file. You can select names one by one pressing the [F3] key, or by groups, according to some common feature.

Use the Select Group window to indicate the aspects of the selecting - selection or deselection. If the data is indicated with [min] - [max], the two limit values are also included in the selection. In the 'Code' and the 'Diagnosis' field you can search for character strings, the 'Doctor' filed can be used to select by the initials of the doctor.

The number of the found cards appear under the Patient list, the names of the appropriate patients are highlighted. you can select according to one or more aspects at a time, and by giving another aspect you can extend or reduce the number of the selected cards. You can also create the inverse of the selection.

4.5 Findings (list of stored ECG recordings)

The right hand side of the Findings screen shows the card of the selected patient, the left hand side displays the list of the stored ECG recordings sorted by date.

The list of the recordings shows the date, and the lead system of the recording. Stress tests ECG recordings appear as Final report.

Cardiax system enables you to make an unlimited number of ECG examinations of a patient and store up to 99 rest ECG and 30 stress test recordings in one patient card.

Select the appropriate field in the Record menu item to make a new ECG recording, to replay, evaluate, delete or copy a stored ECG recording, or to compare the ECG recordings and the medians.

Deleting an ECG recording

After selecting this function you have to confirm your decision. The deleted recordings cannot be recovered!

Selecting ECG

You can select one or more recordings by [F3] from the stored ECG curves. Select a recording in order to replay or evaluate it, or select several recordings to compare the ECGs, the medians, to copy ECGs or to print them. You can also create the inverse of the selection. The selection is valid until cancelling of the selection or quitting the patient card.

Copying ECG

Menu: Record / ECG-Copy
Patient records can be copied to other patient's records. This could be useful if you are trying to merge the mistakenly twice registered patient's distinct records into one or if you just want to see records of different patients in one listing.
After selecting the records to copy you have to select the target patient in the patient list and enter his/her records.

Menu: Record / ECG-insert
After you have confirmed your operation the records will be inserted into the list in the correct chronological order.

4.6 Comment block operations

Besides this, you can edit a comment line for each ECG recording, which can be 20 characters long.

Menu: Record / Comment to recording
Hotkey: [F4]

Menu: Patient / Comment block
Hotkey: [F2]