Varying association of laboratory values with reference ranges and outcomes in critically ill patients: an analysis of data from five databases in four countries across Asia, Europe and North America.
Haoran XuLouis Agha-Mir-SalimZachary O'BrienDora C HuangPeiyao LiJosep GómezXiaoli LiuTongbo LiuWesley YeungPatrick ThoralPaul ElbersZhengbo ZhangMaría Bodí SaeraLeo Anthony CeliPublished in: BMJ health & care informatics (2021)
Standardised reference ranges have limited relevance to ICU patients across a range of geographies. The development of context-specific reference ranges, especially as it relates to clinical outcomes like LOS and mortality, may be more useful to clinicians.
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