Individualizing and optimizing the use of early warning scores in acute medical care for deteriorating hospitalized patients

Resuscitation

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 107-112

  Capan, Muge ^a,c   Ivy, Julie S ^a   Rohleder, Thomas ^b   Hickman, Joel ^b   Huddleston, Jeanne M ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterioration; Markovian; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EARLY WARNING SCORE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTHCARE FAILURE MODE AND EFFECT ANALYSIS; HEART ARREST; PATIENT ACUITY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE FAILURE MODE AND EFFECT ANALYSIS; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACUITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937419700     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.12.032     Document Type: Article

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