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Nurse writing up her notes
Monday, July 16, 2018

Nursing notes can help indicate whether ICU patients will survive

Researchers at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ have found that sentiments in the nursing notes of health care providers are good indicators of whether intensive care unit (ICU) patients will survive.Ìý

Hospitals typically use severity of illness scores to predict the 30-day survival of ICU patients. These scores include lab results, vital signs, and physiological and demographic characteristics gathered within 24 hours of admission.Ìý