CARDS – Computed Assisted Risk Deterioration System

Lay Description

Comprehensive clinical dataset designed to improve upon the NEWS2 (National Early Warning Score 2) scoring system for in-hospital patient deterioration prediction.

Captures in-hospital cardiac arrests at University Hospital Southampton with detailed patient demographics, vital signs, diagnoses, medications, pathology results, ward movements, and outcome data (survival, discharge status, mortality). Linked to admissions data across multiple hospital spells to enable enhanced risk stratification and early detection of clinical deterioration.

Further Information

Data Contributor: University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Geographic Coverage: UHS
Population Coverage: 0.164033 million
Years: Jun 2017-Jul 2025
Real-Time Data Available: Non Real-Time
Therapeutic Disease Area: Generic health relevance
Data Modalities: Lab results Medications Sensors Structured coded data
Data Source Care Setting: Secondary
Reuse Capability: Yes – WSDE DAC
Research Uses: 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.
Dataset Resources: CARDS-Data-Dictionary-v2.pdf