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CART Score (Cardiac Arrest Risk Triage) calculator

Enter the published formula inputs below to calculate and interpret this score.

Clinical inputs

Respiratory rate
Heart rate
Diastolic blood pressure
Age

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Clinical inputs

  • Respiratory rate
  • Heart rate
  • Diastolic blood pressure
  • Age

Primary source

Churpek MM et al. Derivation of a cardiac arrest prediction model using ward vital signs. Crit Care Med. DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182591c31. PMID: 22584764. Table 3 points: respiratory rate <21 = 0, 21–23 = 8, 24–25 = 12, 26–29 = 15, >29 = 22; heart rate <110 = 0, 110–139 = 4, >139 = 13; diastolic BP >49 = 0, 40–49 = 4, 35–39 = 6, <35 = 13 mm Hg; age <55 = 0, 55–69 = 4, >69 = 9 years. The primary cutoff is a total above 17 (89.9% specificity, 53.4% sensitivity for ward cardiac arrest). (2012)

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