Performance of influenza-specific triage tools in an H1N1-positive cohort: P/F ratio better predicts the need for mechanical ventilation and critical care admission

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 927-933

  Morton, B ^a   Tang, L ^b   Gale, R ^c   Kelly, M ^c   Robertson, H ^d   Mogk, M ^e   Robin, N ^d   Welters, I ^b,c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Countess of Chester Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e Moredata GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical care; Influenza, human; Pandemics; Patient admission; Triage

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; OXYGEN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING RATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FRACTION OF INSPIRED OXYGEN; GAS ANALYSIS PARAMETERS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); ONTARIO HEALTH PLAN FOR AN INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN TENSION; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESSURE AND TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SIMPLE TRIAGE SCORING SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PATIENT ADMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937965597     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aev042     Document Type: Article

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