Risk factors associated with short term mortality changes over time, after arrival to the emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preventing death is the most important outcome pursued in the Emergency Department. Prompt accurate assessment, followed by competent and efficient investigation and treatment is the recipe sought. Abnormal physiological measurements are common antecedents to deterioration and therefore a cornerstone in many risk stratification tools. Some risk factors have their impact during the first few days after admittance, others have higher impact on 30 day mortality. Understanding the variance in impact of risk factors is relevant for future composition of risk stratification models.

Methods

We included patients aged 18 years or older, registered at the Emergency Department at Odense University Hospital from April 1st 2012 to September 30th 2014. We performed multivariate

SUBMITTER: Bech CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5910601 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature