Routine blood tests are associated with short term mortality and can improve emergency department triage: a cohort study of >12,000 patients

Routine blood tests are associated with short term mortality and can improve emergency department triage: a cohort study of >12,000 patients

Abstract Background Prioritization of acutely ill patients in the Emergency Department remains a challenge. We aimed to evaluate whether routine blood tests can predict mortality in unselected patients in an emergency department and to compare risk prediction with a formalized triage algorithm. Meth...

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Main Authors: Michael Kristensen, Anne Kristine Servais Iversen, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Rebecca Østervig, Jakob Danker Linnet, Charlotte Barfod, Kai Henrik Wiborg Lange, György Sölétormos, Jakob Lundager Forberg, Jesper Eugen-Olsen, Lars Simon Rasmussen, Morten Schou, Lars Køber, Kasper Iversen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Triage
Biomarkers
Risk stratification
Emergency medicine
Acute patients
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-017-0458-x

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