Who will be sicker in the morning? Changes in the Simple Clinical Score the day after admission and the subsequent outcomes of acutely ill unselected medical patients

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-381

  Kellett, John ^a   Emmanuel, Andrew ^a   Deane, Breda ^a  

^a St Joseph's General Hospital Nenagh   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Early warning scores; In hospital mortality; Predictive scores

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ADMISSION RISK SYSTEM SCORE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMPLE CLINICAL SCORE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960554314     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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