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. 2025 Jul 21;14:e70303. doi: 10.2196/70303

Table 1.

Input variables.

Type Input variables
General
  • Patient ID

Demographic data
  • Age

  • Biological sex

  • Ethnicity

Observational data (vital signs and other measures)
  • Observation date, time, and location

  • Encounter: ID and type

  • Heart rate

  • Temperature

  • Respiratory rate

  • Need of oxygen therapy

  • Level of consciousness or new confusion (Alert, Verbal, Pain, or Unresponsive score)

  • Blood pressure (systolic and diastolic)

  • Paired value One (lying blood pressure)

  • Paired value Two (standing blood pressure)

  • Oxygen therapy percentage—inspired oxygen fraction (FiO2)

  • Oxygen saturation (SpO2)

  • Nursing concern

  • Urine output

  • Pain score

  • Mask code (oxygen therapy device used)

  • Partial Obs set (NEWS2a variables)

  • Partial Obs set (additional variables) 

BMI data (in separate data file)
  • Height (numeric, units, date, and time)

  • Weight (numeric, units, date, and time)

  • BMI (score date and time) 

Outcome-related data
  • Mortality

  • Cardiac arrest

  • Resuscitation

  • Unplanned admission to critical care: include either intensive therapy unit or high-dependency unit

  • Sepsis

  • NEWS2 score

  • Northumbria Healthcare NHSb Foundation Trust risk rating (NuTH)- overwrite thresholds (NuTH specific)

aNEWS2: National Early Warning Score.

bNHS: National Health Service.