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== Adverse outcomes ==
== Adverse outcomes ==
*within 30 days of hospitalization:
* within 30 days of hospitalization:
**cardiac arrest  
** cardiac arrest  
**death  
** death  
*within first 48 hours
* within first 48 hours
**transferred to ICU from a ward
** transferred to ICU from a ward
*Exclusions:
 
**palliative care clients or those with unknown outcomes are excluded. 
== Exclusions ==
***Unknown outcomes are those patients who are discharged to non medicine service in the hospital within 30 days and are unable to be tracked in the database.
* palliative care clients  
** patients whose first ward admission had an [[Admit Diagnosis]] or [[Comorbid Diagnosis]] diagnosis of [[Palliative Service]] (would be [[Palliative care]] now)
* patients with unknown outcomes  
** discharged to non medicine service in the hospital within 30 days and are unable to be tracked in the database.
 
== History and Development ==
== History and Development ==
The MOST score (ALERT Scale) was validated on data collected at HSC, SBGH, the Grace and Victoria hospital on over 11,000 patients admitted to medical units in 2004/2005.  
The MOST score (ALERT Scale) was validated on data collected at HSC, SBGH, the Grace and Victoria hospital on over 11,000 patients admitted to medical units in 2004/2005.