Computer based morbidity screening for intensive care

Described in this paper is the State Transition Screen (STS) and its application to computer-based morbidity screening of patients in intensive care. In STS one compares daily ICU condition with hospital admission condition and screens patients with substantial changes. It relies on the Global Index which summarizes the condition of a critically ill or injured patient using the statistically most powerful measurements among respiratory, renal, hepatic and central nervous system variables.