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National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) and 3-level triage scale as risk predictors in frail older adults in the emergency department

BACKGROUND: The aim of the emergency department (ED) triage is to recognize critically ill patients and to allocate resources. No strong evidence for accuracy of the current triage instruments, especially for the older adults, exists. We evaluated the National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) and a 3-l...

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Autores principales: Kemp, Kirsi, Alakare, Janne, Harjola, Veli-Pekka, Strandberg, Timo, Tolonen, Jukka, Lehtonen, Lasse, Castrén, Maaret
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7594283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33115446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-020-00379-y