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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 | ||
** 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. | ||