Search Tag: prediction tools

ICU Management

Study-four-predictors-indicate-mortality-risk-in-elderly-patients

2016 20 Sep

Four risk factors comprise an easy-to-remember, objective, and practical Risk Scale that has been developed by a group of Canadian researchers to predict mortality risk at time of ICU admission in patients aged over 80. The researchers hope that following validation the Risk Scale can be used to inform decision-making in these patients, and thus close...Read more

ICU Management

Acute-kidney-injury-prediction-and-detection-models

2016 24 May

Risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) can be difficult to predict in older adults, due to age-related declines in glomerular filtration rates, which can affect baseline serum creatinine, and because serum creatinine is influenced by muscle mass, nutritional status and volume distribution. A study published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making...Read more