Association of Emergency Clinicians' Assessment of Mortality Risk With Actual 1-Month Mortality Among Older Adults Admitted to the Hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The accuracy of mortality assessment by emergency clinicians is unknown and may affect subsequent medical decision-making.

Objective

To determine the association of the question, "Would you be surprised if your patient died in the next one month?" (known as the surprise question) asked of emergency clinicians with actual 1-month mortality among undifferentiated older adults who visited the emergency department (ED).

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective cohort study at a single academic medical center in Portland, Maine, included consecutive patients 65 years or older who received care in the ED and were subsequently admitted to the hospital from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2015. Data analyses were conducted from January 2018 to March 2019

SUBMITTER: Ouchi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6745053 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature