A newly developed, easy-to-use prehospital drug-derived score compared with three conventional scores: A prospective multicenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The use of medications by emergency medical services (EMS) is increasing. Conventional scores are time-consuming and therefore difficult to use in an emergency setting. For early decision-making, an easy-to-use score based on the medications administered by the EMS may have prognostic value. The primary objective of this study was to develop the prehospital drug-derived score (PDDS) for 2-day mortality.

Methods

A prospective, multicenter, ambulance-based cohort study was conducted in adults with undifferentiated acute diseases treated by EMS and transferred to the emergency department. Demographic data, prehospital diagnosis data, prehospital medication and variables for the calculation of the National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2), Rapid Emergency Medicine Scor

SUBMITTER: Jurado-Palomo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11628643 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature