The simple observational critical care studies: estimations by students, nurses, and physicians of in-hospital and 6-month mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prognostic assessments of the mortality of critically ill patients are frequently performed in daily clinical practice and provide prognostic guidance in treatment decisions. In contrast to several sophisticated tools, prognostic estimations made by healthcare providers are always available and accessible, are performed daily, and might have an additive value to guide clinical decision-making. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of students', nurses', and physicians' estimations and the association of their combined estimations with in-hospital mortality and 6-month follow-up.

Methods

The Simple Observational Critical Care Studies is a prospective observational single-center study in a tertiary teaching hospital in the Netherlands. All patients acut

SUBMITTER: Cox EGM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8591867 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature