The value of clinical judgmentinthe detection of clinical deterioration

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 456-458

  Patel, Amitkumar R ^a   Zadravecz, Frank J ^b   Young, Robert S ^a   Williams, Mark V ^c   Churpek, Matthew M ^b   Edelson, Dana P ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PATIENT ACUITY RATING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY; FORECASTING; PATIENT ACUITY;

FORECASTING; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT ACUITY; PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 84924051331     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.7119     Document Type: Letter

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