Derivation and External Validation of the Ottawa Bloodstream Infection Model for Acutely Ill Adults.
Brett N HryciwStefan RodicShehab SelimChuqi WangMelissa-Fay LepageLong Hoai NguyenVineet GoyalCarl van WalravenPublished in: Journal of general internal medicine (2023)
The Ottawa BSI Model uses commonly available data to return an expected BSI probability for acutely ill patients. However, it cannot exclude BSI and its complexity requires computational assistance to use.