Predicting outcome for ambulance patients with dyspnea: a prospective cohort study.
Tim Alex LindskouKenneth LübckeTorben Anders KløjgaardBirgitte Schantz LaursenSøren MikkelsenUlla Møller WeinreichErika Frischknecht ChristensenPublished in: Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open (2020)
The dyspnea scale showed poor accuracy and discrimination when predicting hospitalization, stay at intensive care unit, and mortality on its own. However, the dyspnea scale may be beneficial as performance measure and indicator of out-of-hospital care.