Implementation of a mortality prediction rule for real-time decision making: Feasibility and validity

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 720-726

  Cowen, Mark E ^a   Czerwinski, Jennifer L ^a   Posa, Patricia J ^a   Van Hoek, Elizabeth ^a   Mattimore, James ^a   Halasyamani, Lakshmi K ^a   Strawderman, Robert L ^b  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT COMFORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME DECISION MAKING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY; VERY ELDERLY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84932086238     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2250     Document Type: Article

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