The study was conducted at a large tertiary healthcare center for one year in 2013. It included more than 61,000 patients age 18 or older. To come up with a clinical prediction rule for C. diff, the ...

The performance of the AHT clinical prediction rule in this validation cohort matched or exceeded its performance in the original derivation study (Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013;14[2]:210) and suggests ...

For out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, a clinical prediction rule recommends termination of resuscitation when three criteria are met: (1) no return of spontaneous circulation before transport to the ...

A new set of clinical prediction rules to help paramedics classify patients with suspected stroke into different stroke subtypes in the prehospital setting has shown a high degree of accuracy in a new ...

Delivering high-quality emergency care for kids may mean fewer CT scans, according to a new study. The research validates intra-abdominal injury (IAI) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) prediction rules ...

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – While cervical spine injuries (CSI) are uncommon in children, they can be potentially devastating, resulting in quadriplegia – paralysis below the neck affecting both arms and both ...

Delivering high-quality emergency care for kids may mean fewer CT scans, according to a new study from UC Davis Health’s Department of Emergency Medicine. The research — published in The Lancet Child ...