CART_score_cardiac_arrest_risk v.1
The tool to predict the risk of cardiac arrest during hospitalisation.
To predict risk of cardiac arrest using ward vital signs.
To identify patients' risk for suffering adverse events on the wards based on routinely measured paramaters at ward, which are: - respiratory rate (breaths/minute) - heart rate (beats/minute) - diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) - age (years) Every measured paramater will represent a certain score which will be calculated into a total CART score. A patient with the CART score of more than 20 is interpreted as high risk of having an event of cardiac arrest, while a score of 20 or lower means low risk of such event.
- Not to be used as the ICU transfer criteria - Not to be interpreted as mortality rate prediction
1. Churpek MM, Yuen TC, Park SY, Meltzer DO, Hall JB, Edelson DP. Derivation of a cardiac arrest prediction model using ward vital signs*. Crit Care Med. 2012;40(7):2102-8. 2. Churpek MM, Yuen TC, Edelson DP. Risk stratification of hospitalized patients on the wards. Chest. 2013;143(6):1758-1765.
OBSERVATION.respiration.v2, OBSERVATION.pulse.v2, OBSERVATION.blood_pressure.v2, OBSERVATION.basic_demographic.v1, EVALUATION.cart_score.v0
