The use of the raw pulse/breathing rate ratio (PBR) as a predictor of mortality and criticality in the emergency department: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the relationships between the pulse/breathing rate ratio (PBR) and the risk of death and critical illness.

Design

This was a retrospective observational study.

Setting

This was a single-centre study from a tertiary hospital in Tianjin, China.

Participants

The study population consisted of patients aged ≥16 years who underwent consultation and were monitored for medical purposes at the clinic.

Interventions

Between April 2021 and December 2021. Before the patients received any medical intervention, vital signs were measured, and the PBR and the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) were calculated on the basis of the above measured indicators.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The associations of PBRs with death and critica

SUBMITTER: Zhang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12750748 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature