Journal of intensive care medicine
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J Intensive Care Med · Jun 2017
External Validation of Two Classification and Regression Tree Models to Predict the Outcome of Inpatient Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
To prospectively validate a previously developed classification and regression tree (CART) model that predicts the likelihood of a good outcome among patients undergoing inpatient cardiopulmonary resuscitation. ⋯ Two CART models validated well in a different population, displaying similar discrimination and classification accuracy compared to the original population. Although additional validation in larger populations is desirable before widespread adoption, these results are very encouraging.
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J Intensive Care Med · Jun 2017
Observational StudyAcute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Mortality in a Single Center According to Different Definitions.
Mortality in acute lung injury (ALI) remains high, with outcome data arising mostly from multicenter studies. We undertook this investigation to determine hospital mortality in patients with ALI in a single center. ⋯ The overall hospital mortality (38%) was similar to that of other studies and according to the presence of ARDS (Pao2/Fio2 ≤ 200), we found significant differences between ALI and ARDS (AECC) and between mild and moderate or severe ARDS (Berlin) in baseline respiratory variables and mortality.