The use of an electronic medical record based automatic calculation tool to quantify risk of unplanned readmission to the intensive care unit: A validation study

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 634.e9-634.e15

  Chandra, Subhash ^a   Agarwal, Dipti ^a   Hanson, Andrew ^a   Farmer, Joseph C ^a   Pickering, Brian W ^a   Gajic, Ognjen ^a   Herasevich, Vitaly ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic medical records; ICU readmissions; Stability and workload Index for transfer

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 81955161199     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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