Pollard, T;
(2017)
Modelling deterioration of health and predicting mortality using the vital signs of critical care patients.
Doctoral thesis , UCL (University College London).
Abstract
Advanced bedside monitors are now commonplace in hospitals, presenting clinicians with increasingly large volumes of data on which to guide treatment. Despite these advances, there remains a heavy reliance on clinical intuition and simplistic alarm systems for diagnosis and care planning. Objectively assessing physiological stability using multiple, dynamic variables presents a challenge and early detection of deterioration can be problematic. This interdisciplinary thesis explores how improvements in data-archiving, networking, and sharing present new opportunities for clinical research and health care. Inspired by an initial investigation to predict mortality in patients with an artificial neural network, we move on to develop a probabilistic, data-fusion model for objectively assessing clinical deterioration and recovery. We demonstrate how this model of “normal” physiology can be used to indicate health trajectory, using novel approaches to define the normal population and to construct the model. Concluding the thesis, we highlight potential for the data-fusion model and suggest directions for future research.
Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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Title: | Modelling deterioration of health and predicting mortality using the vital signs of critical care patients |
Event: | UCL (University College London) |
Language: | English |
UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics |
URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1551609 |



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