Utility of a single early warning score in patients with sepsis in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 482-487

  Corfield, Alasdair R ^a   Lees, Fiona ^b   Zealley, Ian ^c   Houston, Gordon ^d   Dickie, Sarah ^d   Ward, Kirsty ^b   McGuffie, Crawford ^d  

^a ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^c NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL EARLY WARNING SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SCOTLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATE MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901683074     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-202186     Document Type: Article

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