Purpose: Burden of comorbidities appears to be related to clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients. Clinical stratification of admitted patients could be obtained calculating a comorbidity score, which represents the simplest way to identify the severity of patients’ clinical conditions and a practical approach to assess prevalent comorbidities. Our aim was to validate a modified Elixhauser score for predicting in-hospital mortality (IHM) in internal medicine admissions and to compare it with a different one derived from clinical data previously used in a similar setting, having a good prognostic accuracy. Patients and Methods: A single-center retrospective study enrolled all patients admitted to internal medicine department between January and June 2016. A modified Elixhauser score was calculated from chart review and administrative data; moreover, a second prognostic index was calculated from chart review only. Comorbidity scores were compared using c-statistic. Results: We analyzed 1614 individuals without selecting the reason for admission, 224 (13.9%) died during hospital stay. Deceased subjects were older (83.3±9.1 vs 78.4±13.5 years; p<0.001) and had higher burden of comorbidities. The modified Elixhauser score calculated by administrative data and by chart review and the comparator one was 18.13 ±9.36 vs 24.43±11.27 vs 7.63±3.3, respectively, and the c-statistic was 0.758 (95% CI 0.727–0.790), 0.811 (95% CI 0.782–0.840) and 0.740 (95% CI 0.709–0.771), respectively. Conclusion: The new modified Elixhauser score showed a similar performance to a previous clinical prognostic index when it was calculated using administrative data; however, its performance improved if calculation was based on chart review.

Validation and comparison of a modified elixhauser index for predicting in-hospital mortality in italian internal medicine wards

Cappadona R
Investigation
;
Manfredini R
Penultimo
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
;
Fabbian F.
Ultimo
Writing – Review & Editing
2020

Abstract

Purpose: Burden of comorbidities appears to be related to clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients. Clinical stratification of admitted patients could be obtained calculating a comorbidity score, which represents the simplest way to identify the severity of patients’ clinical conditions and a practical approach to assess prevalent comorbidities. Our aim was to validate a modified Elixhauser score for predicting in-hospital mortality (IHM) in internal medicine admissions and to compare it with a different one derived from clinical data previously used in a similar setting, having a good prognostic accuracy. Patients and Methods: A single-center retrospective study enrolled all patients admitted to internal medicine department between January and June 2016. A modified Elixhauser score was calculated from chart review and administrative data; moreover, a second prognostic index was calculated from chart review only. Comorbidity scores were compared using c-statistic. Results: We analyzed 1614 individuals without selecting the reason for admission, 224 (13.9%) died during hospital stay. Deceased subjects were older (83.3±9.1 vs 78.4±13.5 years; p<0.001) and had higher burden of comorbidities. The modified Elixhauser score calculated by administrative data and by chart review and the comparator one was 18.13 ±9.36 vs 24.43±11.27 vs 7.63±3.3, respectively, and the c-statistic was 0.758 (95% CI 0.727–0.790), 0.811 (95% CI 0.782–0.840) and 0.740 (95% CI 0.709–0.771), respectively. Conclusion: The new modified Elixhauser score showed a similar performance to a previous clinical prognostic index when it was calculated using administrative data; however, its performance improved if calculation was based on chart review.
2020
De Giorgi, A; Di Simone, E; Cappadona, R; Boari, B; Savriè, C; López-Soto, Pj; Rodríguez-Borrego, Ma; Gallerani, M; Manfredini, R; Fabbian, F.
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