2018 Research Forum

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DISCUSSION Our data shows that the 10SOV is superior in identifying patients who are greater risk of dying compared to MEWS. In addition, a patient who has met criteria for an RRT is more than five times likelier to be transferred to the ICU. This is a significant indication that the utilization of the 10SOV affects the trajectory of patients showing signs of clinical deterioration. Meeting criteria for an RRT as outlined by the 10SOV is predictive of mortality, and anybody who meets two of the ten criteria has an increased 1.725 odds of patient death. With this increased risk of death, it is more appropriate for these at-risk patients to be transferred to the ICU. CONCLUSIONS By utilizing readily available electronic data and easy to follow scoring systems for nursing, 10SOV is a better tool than MEWS at identifying at-risk patients. The use of the 10SOV to activate an RRT, or timely medical attention and intervention can be applied and scaled to other healthcare systems.

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