Ability of prehospital NEWS to predict 1-day and 7-day mortality is reduced in older adult patients.

Jussi PirneskoskiMitja LääperiMarkku KuismaKlaus T OlkkolaJouni Nurmi

Published in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2021)

Age should be considered as an additional parameter to NEWS, as it improved its performance in predicting short-term mortality in this prehospital cohort.

Keyphrases

cardiac arrest
cardiovascular events
trauma patients
risk factors
emergency medical
physical activity
type diabetes