Comparison of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) and the Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) for predicting admission and in-hospital mortality in elderly patients in the pre-hospital setting and in the emergency department

The aim of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of the pre-hospital National Early Warning Score (pNEWS) and the pre-hospital Modified Early Warning Score (pMEWS) for predicting admission and in-hospital mortality in elderly patients presenting to the emergency department (ED). We also compare t...

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Published in:PeerJ
Main Authors: Mitsunaga, Toshiya, Hasegawa, Izumu, Uzura, Masahiko, Okuno, Kenji, Otani, Kei, Ohtaki, Yuhei, Sekine, Akihiro, Takeda, Satoshi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019
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Emergency and Critical Care
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526008/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31143553
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6947
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