Development and validation of a novel computer-aided score to predict the risk of in-hospital mortality for acutely ill medical admissions in two acute hospitals using their first electronically recorded blood test results and vital signs: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2018, Pages

  Faisal, Muhammad ^a,b   Scally, Andrew J ^c   Jackson, Natalie ^b   Richardson, Donald ^d   Beatson, Kevin ^d   Howes, Robin ^e   Speed, Kevin ^e   Menon, Madhav ^e   Daws, Jeremey ^e   Dyson, Judith ^f   Marsh, Claire ^b   Mohammed, Mohammed A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTELY ILL PATIENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MALE; MORTALITY RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRUST; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDATION STUDY; VITAL SIGN; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATE MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 85058278769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022939     Document Type: Article

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