Evaluation of the threshold value for the modified early warning score (MEWS) in medical septic patients: A secondary analysis of an Italian multicentric prospective cohort (SNOOPII study)

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 369-373

  Tirotta, D ^a   Gambacorta, M ^b   La Regina, M ^c   Attardo, T ^d   Lo Gullo, A ^c,e   Panzone, F ^f   Mazzone, A ^g   Campanini, M ^h   Dentali, F ⁱ  

^a AUSL Romagna   (Italy)

^b Media Valle del Tevere Hospital   (Italy)

^c Ligurian East Hospital   (Italy)

^d Canicattí Hospital   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^f Division of Nephrology and Dialysis   (Italy)

^g Legnano Hospital   (Italy)

^h Novara Hospital   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED EARLY WARNING SCORE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; WARD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85021856897     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcw229     Document Type: Article

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