Electronic health record risk score provides earlier prognostication of clinical outcomes in patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit
Kunitomo Y, Thomas A, Chouairi F, Canavan ME, Kochar A, Khera R, Katz JN, Murphy C, Jentzer J, Ahmad T, Desai NR, Brennan J, Miller PE. Electronic health record risk score provides earlier prognostication of clinical outcomes in patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit. American Heart Journal 2021, 238: 85-88. PMID: 33891906, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2021.04.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac intensive care unitIntensive care unitRothman IndexCare unitRisk scoreModern cardiac intensive care unitSequential Organ Failure Assessment scoreOrgan Failure Assessment scoreElectronic health recordsCICU mortalityCICU patientsSOFA scoreCICU admissionClinical outcomesEarly prognosticationObservational studyPrognostic abilityAssessment scoresOutcome predictionHealth recordsGood calibrationSuperior discriminationPatientsAdmissionScoresTransition From an Open to Closed Staffing Model in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Improves Clinical Outcomes
Miller PE, Chouairi F, Thomas A, Kunitomo Y, Aslam F, Canavan ME, Murphy C, Daggula K, Metkus T, Vallabhajosyula S, Carnicelli A, Katz JN, Desai NR, Ahmad T, Velazquez EJ, Brennan J. Transition From an Open to Closed Staffing Model in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Improves Clinical Outcomes. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e018182. PMID: 33412899, PMCID: PMC7955420, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.018182.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac intensive care unitIntensive care unitHospital mortalityCare unitCICU mortalityClinical outcomesModern cardiac intensive care unitSurgical intensive care unitTotal hospital chargesSeverity of illnessMultivariable logistic regressionCICU lengthMultivariable adjustmentRespiratory insufficiencyPrimary outcomeUnique admissionsHospital chargesCardiac arrestSubgroup analysisImproved outcomesMortalityLogistic regressionAdmissionClosed unitStaffing models