Level of vital and laboratory values on arrival, and increased risk of 7-day mortality among adult patients in the emergency department: a population-based cohort study.
Peter Bank PedersenDaniel Pilsgaard HenriksenMikkel BrabrandAnnmarie Touborg LassenPublished in: BMJ open (2020)
Vital values on arrival, outside the normal ranges for the measures, are indicative of increased risk of short-term mortality, and most of the value thresholds are included in the lowest urgency level in triage and risk stratification scoring systems.