Back to the Basics or Back to the Future? The Art and Science of Predicting Clinical Deterioration in Hospitalized Children

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH.
² Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center;, Division of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH.
³ Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH.

Editorial

Tina K Sosa et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;21(9):839-841.

doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000002460.

¹ Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH.
² Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center;, Division of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH.
³ Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH.

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Comment on

A Vital Sign-Based Model to Predict Clinical Deterioration in Hospitalized Children.
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