Performance of A-DROP, NEWS2, and REMS in predicting in-hospital mortality and mechanical ventilation in pneumonia patients in the emergency department: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pneumonia is a potentially life-threatening respiratory tract infection. Many Early Warning Scores (EWS) were developed to detect patients with high risk for adverse clinical outcomes, but few have explored the utility of these EWS for pneumonia patients in the Emergency Department (ED) setting. We aimed to compare the prognostic utility of A-DROP, NEWS2, and REMS in predicting in-hospital mortality and the requirement for mechanical ventilation among ED patients with pneumonia.

Methods

A retrospective study was conducted at the ED of Siriraj Hospital, Thailand. Adult patients diagnosed with non-COVID-19 pneumonia between June 1, 2021, and May 31, 2022, were included. We calculated and analyzed their EWS at ED arrival. The primary outcome was all-cause in-hospital

SUBMITTER: Thirawattanasoot N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11674152 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature