edfio.Patient

class edfio.Patient(*, code='X', sex='X', birthdate=None, name='X', additional=())

Object representation of the local patient identification.

Parsing from/to the string containing the local_patient_identification header field is done according to the EDF+ specs. Subfields must be ASCII (32..126) and may not contain spaces.

Parameters:

codestr, default: "X"

The code by which the patient is known in the hospital administration.

sex{"X", "F", "M"}, default: "X"

Sex, F for female, M for male, X if anonymized.

birthdatedatetime.date | None, default: None

Patient birthdate, stored as X if None.

namestr, default: "X"

The patient’s name, stored as X if None.

additionalSequence[str], default: ()

Optional additional subfields. Will be stored in the header field separated by spaces.

Attributes

additional	Optional additional subfields.
birthdate	Patient birthdate.
code	The code by which the patient is known in the hospital administration.
name	The patient's name.
sex	Sex, F for female, M for male, X if anonymized.

Methods

__init__
get_subfield	Access a subfield of the local patient identification field by index.

property additional

Optional additional subfields.

property birthdate

Patient birthdate.

property code

The code by which the patient is known in the hospital administration.

get_subfield(idx)

Access a subfield of the local patient identification field by index.

Parameters:

idxint

The index of the subfield to access.

Returns:

str

The subfield at the specified index. If the index exceeds the actually available number of subfields, the return value is "X".

property name

The patient’s name.

property sex

Sex, F for female, M for male, X if anonymized.