An apparatus for analyzing the composition of bodily fluid. The apparatus
comprises a fluid handling network including a patient end configured to
maintain fluid communication with a bodily fluid in a patient and at
least one pump intermittently operable to draw a sample of bodily fluid
from the patient. The apparatus further comprises a fluid analyzer
positioned to analyze at least a portion of the sample and measure the
presence of two or more analytes. Also disclosed is a method for
analyzing the composition of a bodily fluid in a patient. The method
comprises drawing a sample of the bodily fluid of the patient through a
fluid handling network configured to maintain fluid communication with a
bodily fluid in a patient. The method further comprises analyzing the at
least a portion of the sample in a fluid analyzer to estimate the
concentration of two or more analytes in the sample.