The stability and workload index for transfer score predicts unplanned intensive care unit patient readmission: Initial development and validation

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 676-682

  Gajic, Ognjen ^a   Malinchoc, Michael ^b   Comfere, Thomas B ^a   Harris, Marcelline R ^b,c   Achouiti, Ahmed ^d   Yilmaz, Murat ^a   Schultz, Marcus J ^d   Hubmayr, Rolf D ^a   Afessa, Bekele ^a   Farmer, J Christopher ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Admission; Discharge; Intensive care unit; Management; Organization; Patient readmission; Prediction score; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STABILITY AND WORKLOAD INDEX FOR TRANSFER; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKLOAD; AGED; FORECASTING; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 44449160571     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0B013E318164E3B0     Document Type: Article

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