Combined use of the National Early Warning Score and D-dimer levels to predict 30-day and 365-day mortality in medical patients

Resuscitation

Volumn 106, Issue , 2016, Pages 49-52

  Nickel, Christian H ^a   Kellett, John ^b   Cooksley, Tim ^c   Bingisser, Roland ^a   Henriksen, Daniel P ^d   Brabrand, Mikkel ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Hospital of South West Jutland ^*  (Denmark)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

D dimer; Early warning scores; Emergency department; Mortality; predictive scores; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL EARLY WARNING SCORE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978264630     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.06.012     Document Type: Article

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