The value of the Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis (MEDS) score, C reactive protein and lactate in predicting 28-day mortality of sepsis in a Dutch emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 295-300

  Hermans, M A W ^a   Leffers, P ^b   Jansen, L M ^a   Keulemans, Y C ^a   Stassen, Patricia M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SEPSIS SCORE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SEPSIS;

EID: 84858797031     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.109090     Document Type: Article

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