Vital signs are the simplest, cheapest and probably the most important information gathered
on patients in hospital. In this narrative review we present a large amount of evidence that …

Objective Critically appraise prediction models for hospital-acquired acute kidney injury (HA-
AKI) in general populations. Design Systematic review. Data sources Medline, Embase and …

Background: Timely identification of patients in need of palliative care is especially
challenging in a geriatric population because of prognostic uncertainty. The Supportive and …

Background The clinical benefit of Early Warning Scores (EWSs) is undocumented. Nursing
staff's clinical assessment might improve the prediction of outcome and allow more efficient …

Background Nursing notes have not been widely used in prediction models for clinical
outcomes, despite containing rich information. Advances in natural language processing …

BACKGROUND The clinical deterioration of patients in general hospital wards is an
important safety issue. Aggregate‐weighted early warning systems (EWSs) may not detect …

Comparing the effectiveness of three scoring systems in pred... : Medicine Comparing the
effectiveness of three scoring systems in predicting adult patient outcomes in the …

Study objective Shock index is a widely reported tool to identify patients at risk for circulatory
collapse. We hypothesize that old age, diabetes, hypertension, and β-or calcium channel …

Introduction Although hypotension in ICU patients is associated with adverse outcome,
currently used definitions are unknown and no universally accepted definition exists …

Research can seem difficult to get to grips with. However, at the heart of this new edition is
the view that research is essentially a simple activity, the principles of which can be readily …