Usefulness of severity scores in patients with suspected infection in the emergency department: A systematic review

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 379-391

  Calle, Pilar ^a   Cerro, Leisy ^a   Valencia, Julin ^a   Jaimes, Fabian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b HOSPITAL PABLO TOBÓN URIBE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

calibration; discrimination; emergency department; prognosis; severity of illness scores

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84859724568     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.03.033     Document Type: Article

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