A Risk Score to Predict Short-term Outcomes Following Emergency Department Discharge.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The emergency department (ED) is an inherently high-risk setting. Risk scores can help practitioners understand the risk of ED patients for developing poor outcomes after discharge. Our objective was to develop two risk scores that predict either general inpatient admission or death/intensive care unit (ICU) admission within seven days of ED discharge.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients age > 65 years using clinical data from a regional, integrated health system for years 2009-2010 to create risk scores to predict two outcomes, a general inpatient admission or death/ICU admission. We used logistic regression to predict the two outcomes based on age, body mass index, vital signs, Charlson comorbidity index (CCI), ED length of stay (LOS)

SUBMITTER: Gabayan GZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6123082 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature