Modified Early Warning Score and VitalPac Early Warning Score in geriatric patients admitted to emergency department

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 406-412

  Dundar, Zerrin Defne ^a   Ergin, Mehmet ^a   Karamercan, Mehmet A ^b   Ayranci, Kursat ^a   Colak, Tamer ^a   Tuncar, Alpay ^a   Cander, Basar ^a   Gul, Mehmet ^a  

^a NECMETTIN ERBAKAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

geriatrics; Modified Early Warning Score; mortality; risk scoring systems; VitalPac Early Warning Score

Indexed keywords

AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED EARLY WARNING SCORE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VITALPAC EARLY WARNING SCORE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84994291734     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000274     Document Type: Article

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