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The Analytics Behind Population Level Engagement
Healthcare has lagged behind other sectors in capturing the
promised value of data analytics. With a new infrastructure
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Clinical model predicts which patients require prolonged mechanical ventilation
In a recent study, 31.3% of adult patients in an ICU who required mechanical ventilation (MV) at the time of admission, continued to require it for 14 or more days, a condition known as Prolonged MV or PMV. Specificity for predicting PMV was 100% in patients who had 4 or more of the following variables, which were the only ones independently associated with PMV: requiring intubation after admission to the ICU, heart rate greater than 110, blood urea nitrogen more than 25 mg/dL, serum pH less than 7.25, serum creatinine more than 2.0 mg/dL, and a HCO3 less than 20 mEq/L were the only variables.
Source: "Clinical model for predicting prolonged
mechanical ventilation," Journal of Critical Care, abstract only, May
16, 2013
Source URL:
http://www.jccjournal.org/article/S0883-9441(13)00074-9/abstract
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