National Early Warning Score (NEWS) as an emergency department predictor of disease severity and 90-day survival in the acutely dyspneic patient - a prospective observational study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Bilben, Bente ^a   Grandal, Linda ^a   Søvik, Signe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Dyspnea; Emergency hospital service; MEWS; Mortality; NEWS; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL CARE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84978976305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-016-0273-9     Document Type: Article

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