Matthew M Churpek, Ryan Ingebritsen, Kyle A Carey, Saieesh A Rao, Emily Murnin, Tonela Qyli, Madeline K Oguss, Jamila Picart, Leena Penumalee, Benjamin D Follman, Lily K Nezirova, Sean T Tully, Charis Benjamin, Christopher Nye, Emily R Gilbert, Nirav S Shah, Christopher J Winslow, Majid Afshar, Dana P Edelson
OBJECTIVE: Timely intervention for clinically deteriorating ward patients requires that care teams accurately diagnose and treat their underlying medical conditions. However, the most common diagnoses leading to deterioration and the relevant therapies provided are poorly characterized. Therefore, we aimed to determine the diagnoses responsible for clinical deterioration, the relevant diagnostic tests ordered, and the treatments administered among high-risk ward patients using manual chart review...
February 6, 2024: medRxiv