Design of an electronic medical record (EMR)-based clinical decision support system to alert clinicians to the onset of severe sepsis
Background: The aim of our study was to design an electronic medical record based alert system to detect the onset of severe sepsis with sensitivity and positive predictive value (PPV) above 50%. Methods: The PPV for each of seven potential criteria for suspected infection (white blood cell count (...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Arizona Thoracic Society
2016-04-01
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| Series: | Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care |
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| Online Access: | http://www.swjpcc.com/critical-care/2016/4/26/design-of-an-electronic-medical-record-emr-based-clinical-de.html |