The most commonly used disease severity scores are inappropriate for risk stratification of older emergency department sepsis patients: an observational multi-centre study

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Titel: The most commonly used disease severity scores are inappropriate for risk stratification of older emergency department sepsis patients: an observational multi-centre study
Autoren: Bas de Groot, Frank Stolwijk, Mats Warmerdam, Jacinta A. Lucke, Gurpreet K. Singh, Mo Abbas, Simon P. Mooijaart, Annemieke Ansems, Laura Esteve Cuevas, Douwe Rijpsma
Quelle: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2017)
Verlagsinformationen: BMC, 2017.
Publikationsjahr: 2017
Bestand: LCC:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
Schlagwörter: Sepsis, Infectious diseases, Older patients, Emergency medical services, Risk stratification, Disease severity scores, Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9
Beschreibung: Abstract Background Sepsis recognition in older emergency department (ED) patients is difficult due to atypical symptom presentation. We therefore investigated whether the prognostic and discriminative performance of the five most commonly used disease severity scores were appropriate for risk stratification of older ED sepsis patients (≥70 years) compared to a younger control group (
Publikationsart: article
Dateibeschreibung: electronic resource
Sprache: English
ISSN: 1757-7241
Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-017-0436-3; https://doaj.org/toc/1757-7241
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-017-0436-3
Zugangs-URL: https://doaj.org/article/f72c9e7fda25487dab36bbc730ef1ce8
Dokumentencode: edsdoj.f72c9e7fda25487dab36bbc730ef1ce8
Datenbank: Directory of Open Access Journals
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Abstract:Abstract Background Sepsis recognition in older emergency department (ED) patients is difficult due to atypical symptom presentation. We therefore investigated whether the prognostic and discriminative performance of the five most commonly used disease severity scores were appropriate for risk stratification of older ED sepsis patients (≥70 years) compared to a younger control group (
ISSN:17577241
DOI:10.1186/s13049-017-0436-3