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JAMIA Open: The fifth vital sign? Nurse worry predicts inpatient deterioration within 24 hours (28 August 2019)

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Identification of hospitalised patients with suddenly unfavorable clinical course remains challenging. Models using objective data elements from the electronic health record may miss important sources of information available to nurses.

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This US based study found that nurses’ pattern recognition and sense of worry can provide important information for the detection of acute physiological deterioration and should be included in the electronic medical record.

JAMIA Open: The fifth vital sign? Nurse worry predicts inpatient deterioration within 24 hours (28 A… https://academic.oup.com/jamiaopen/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jamiaopen/ooz033/5555857

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