Early detection of impending physiologic deterioration among patients who are not in intensive care: Development of predictive models using data from an automated electronic medical record

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 388-395

  Escobar, Gabriel J ^a   Laguardia, Juan Carlos ^a   Turk, Benjamin J ^a   Ragins, Arona ^a   Kipnis, Patricia ^a,b   Draper, David ^c  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc   (United States)

^c University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOSTATISTICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL WARD; MODIFIED EARLY WARNING SCORE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SHIFT WORKER; SURGICAL WARD; UNITED STATES; VITAL SIGN; WARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84861960489     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.1929     Document Type: Article

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