Creating an automated trigger for sepsis clinical decision support at emergency department triage using machine learning.
Steven HorngDavid A SontagYoni HalpernYacine JerniteNathan I ShapiroLarry A NathansonPublished in: PloS one (2017)
Compared to previous work that only used structured data such as vital signs and demographic information, utilizing free text drastically improves the discriminatory ability (increase in AUC from 0.67 to 0.86) of identifying infection.