A Little Macabre But A Worthwhile Study Confirming The Value Of Some Important ICU Scoring Systems.

This appeared last week:Data analysis shows ICU scores accurate in predicting risk of death By Greg SlabodkinPublished March 13 2018, 7:25am EDTUsing clinical data from more than 200 hospital intensive care units, Philips Healthcare has shown that three ICU risk scores —designed for different purposes—performed well as a marker of severity of illness at admission and throughout the ICU stay.The analysis of de-identified data from more than 560,000 ICU patient stays contributed by 333 ICUs, covering almost 39 million patient-hours of ICU care, reveal that it is possible for risk models to perform well even when deployed for uses other than what they were originally intended.Three risk scores were evaluated as predictors of mortality risk: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation IV (APACHE), designed to estimate the risk of death on admission to the ICU; Discharge Readiness Score (DRS), designed to assist ICU discharge decisions by estimating the risk of death in the first 48... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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