Association of Age, Systolic Blood Pressure, and Heart Rate with Adult Morbidity and Mortality after Urgent Care Visits

Introduction: Little data exists to help urgent care (UC) clinicians predict morbidity and mortality risk. Age, systolic blood pressure (SBP), and heart rate (HR) are easily obtainable and have been used in other settings to predict short-term risk of deterioration. We hypothesized that there is a r...

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Main Authors: James Hart, Michael Woodruff, Elizabeth Joy, Joseph Dalto, Gregory Snow, Rajendu Srivastava, Brad Isaacson, Todd Allen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2016-09-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/9048k0rp