A clinical decision rule predicting outcomes of emergency department patients with altered mental status

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Approximately 5% of emergency department patients present with altered mental status (AMS). AMS is diagnostically challenging because of the wide range of causes and is associated with high mortality. We sought to develop a clinical decision rule predicting admission risk among emer...

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Autores principales: Simkins, Tyrell J, Bissig, David, Moreno, Gabriel, Kahlon, Nimar Pal K, Gorin, Fredric, Duffy, Alexandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8432088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34528023
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12522