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. 2014 Nov 14;2014:606–615.

Table 1:

Questions asked of physicians at disposition time to obtain a gold standard set of labels. Additional information was displayed in a clickthrough screen with a link from the main question page.

Latent Variable Disposition Question Additional Information Labels Collected Fraction Positive
didFall Did the patient fall from standing or lesser height? None 9,831 0.118
hasCardiacEtiology In the workup of this patient, was a cardiac etiology suspected? None 17,258 0.068
hasInfection Do you think this patient has an infection? Suspected or proven viral, fungal, protozoal, or bacterial infection 62,589 0.213
fromNursingHome Is the patient from a nursing home or similar facility? Interpret as if you would be giving broad spectrum antibiotics 36,256 0.045
hasCancer Does the patient have an active malignancy? Malignancy not in remission; and recent enough to change clinical thinking 4,091 0.042
hasPneumonia Do you think the patient has pneumonia? None 9,934 0.073
isAnticoagulated Prior to this visit, was the patient on anticoagulation? Excluding antiplatelet agents like aspirin or plavix 1,082 0.047
isImmunosuppressed Is the patient currently immunocompromised? None 12,857 0.040
hasSepticShock Is the patient in septic shock? None 6,867 0.020