ALERT Scale
The ALERT Scale (aka Alert Score) is an early predictor which patients will have an adverse hospital outcome.
| Indicators | |
| Indicator: | Alert score |
| Created/Raw: | Created |
| Program: | Medicine |
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| Reports: | Directors Quarterly and Annual Report (Medicine) |
| Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): | ADL Score • Charlson Comorbidity Index • Sex • Age • HR • RR • WBC • AP Sys BP Field |
It is based on the paper The ALERT scale: an observational study of early prediction of adverse hospital outcome for medical patients.
Julie calculates the Alert Scale in SAS based on ALERT Scale timing of assessment and ALERT Scale Calculation. See ALERT Scale Use for potential uses of this tool.
We support an ALERT Scale App to calculate this scale.