PMID- 36115148 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221123 LR - 20230130 IS - 1095-8673 (Electronic) IS - 0022-4804 (Linking) VI - 281 DP - 2023 Jan TI - Deterioration Index in Critically Injured Patients: A Feasibility Analysis. PG - 45-51 LID - S0022-4804(22)00524-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jss.2022.08.019 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: Continuous prediction surveillance modeling is an emerging tool giving dynamic insight into conditions with potential mitigation of adverse events (AEs) and failure to rescue. The Epic electronic medical record contains a Deterioration Index (DI) algorithm that generates a prediction score every 15 min using objective data. Previous validation studies show rapid increases in DI score (>/=14) predict a worse prognosis. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the utility of DI scores in the trauma intensive care unit (ICU) population. METHODS: A prospective, single-center study of trauma ICU patients in a Level 1 trauma center was conducted during a 3-mo period. Charts were reviewed every 24 h for minimum and maximum DI score, largest score change (Delta), and AE. Patients were grouped as low risk (DeltaDI <14) or high risk (DeltaDI >/=14). RESULTS: A total of 224 patients were evaluated. High-risk patients were more likely to experience AEs (69.0% versus 47.6%, P = 0.002). No patients with DI scores <30 were readmitted to the ICU after being stepped down to the floor. Patients that were readmitted and subsequently died all had DI scores of >/=60 when first stepped down from the ICU. CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates DI scores predict decompensation risk in the surgical ICU population, which may otherwise go unnoticed in real time. This can identify patients at risk of AE when transferred to the floor. Using the DI model could alert providers to increase surveillance in high-risk patients to mitigate unplanned returns to the ICU and failure to rescue. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Wu, Rebecca AU - Wu R AD - Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: rewu@houstonmethodist.org. FAU - Smith, Alison AU - Smith A AD - Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana. FAU - Brown, Tommy AU - Brown T AD - Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana. FAU - Hunt, John P AU - Hunt JP AD - Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana. FAU - Greiffenstein, Patrick AU - Greiffenstein P AD - Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana. FAU - Taghavi, Sharven AU - Taghavi S AD - Department of Surgery, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. FAU - Tatum, Danielle AU - Tatum D AD - Department of Surgery, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. FAU - Jackson-Weaver, Olan AU - Jackson-Weaver O AD - Department of Surgery, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. FAU - Duchesne, Juan AU - Duchesne J AD - Department of Surgery, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220915 PL - United States TA - J Surg Res JT - The Journal of surgical research JID - 0376340 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Prospective Studies MH - Feasibility Studies MH - *Intensive Care Units MH - *Electronic Health Records MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Hospital Mortality OTO - NOTNLM OT - Artificial intelligence OT - Failure to Rescue OT - ICU OT - Prediction model OT - Trauma EDAT- 2022/09/18 06:00 MHDA- 2022/11/24 06:00 CRDT- 2022/09/17 18:18 PHST- 2022/02/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/08/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/08/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/09/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/11/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/09/17 18:18 [entrez] AID - S0022-4804(22)00524-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jss.2022.08.019 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Surg Res. 2023 Jan;281:45-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2022.08.019. Epub 2022 Sep 15.