Predicting in-hospital mortality and unanticipated admissions to the intensive care unit using routinely collected blood tests and vital signs: development and validation of a multivariable model

<strong>Aim</strong> The National Early Warning System (NEWS) is based on vital signs; the Laboratory Decision Tree Early Warning Score (LDT-EWS) on laboratory test results. We aimed to develop and validate a new EWS (the LDTEWS:NEWS risk index) by combining the two and evaluating the d...

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Main Authors: Redfern, O, Pimentel, M, Prytherch, D, Meredith, P, Clifton, D, Tarassenko, L, Smith, G, Watkinson, P
Format: Journal article
Published: Elsevier 2018