A protocol for developing early warning score models from vital signs data in hospitals using ensembles of decision trees

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Xu, Michael ^a   Tam, Benjamin ^a   Thabane, Lehana ^a   Fox Robichaud, Alison ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DECISION TREE; EARLY WARNING SCORE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; VITAL SIGN; ALGORITHM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FIRST AID; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRITICAL CARE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FIRST AID; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84947716608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008699     Document Type: Article

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