University Hospital Southampton
Posts in the University Hospital Southampton category
PROCED-DST – PROactive, Collaborative and Efficient complex Discharge – Decision Support Tool
As of January 2023, 14,436 patients a day remained in hospital despite being well enough to leave. This is due to delays in arrangements for onward care. Discharge delay occupies…
Opioids in ICU – Outcome of regular IV opioids in mechanically ventilated ICU patients
This study looks back (retrospectively) at medical records from 1,600 adult patients who were on breathing machines (mechanical ventilation) in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at University Hospital Southampton (UHS).…
FORTH – FORecasting Turbulence in Hospitals
UK health trusts declared 141 critical incidents between December-2022 and October-2023. These cause increased last-minute cancellations of operations and appointments, delayed discharges, overcrowding, staff workload pressure, and worse quality-of-care. Variability…
CARDS – A study of the efficacy, implications and barriers to the future deployment of Computed Assisted Risk of Deterioration Score, a machine learning early warning score, in UK hospitals.
Hospitals collect data about patients to facilitate good care: to diagnose, assess, monitor, and personalise care. However, hospitals do not currently make maximum use of this data, and opportunities are…
Surgical NEC – Diagnostic test accuracy study of methods which identify surgical Necrotising enterocolitis
Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating disease which causes severe bowel inflammation resulting in babies becoming critically unwell. It mainly affects premature babies (who can be born as early as…
Bladder Cancer – Describing Overall Survival and First-Line Treatment Patterns in High-Risk Invasive Urothelial Bladder Carcinoma Post-Resection Patients
Details from 78 patients are being used in this study, using routinely collected historic data that has been de-identified before it is entered into the SDE. By bringing together different…