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National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) and 3-level triage scale as risk predictors in frail older adults in the emergency department.

Kirsi KempJanne AlakareVeli-Pekka HarjolaTimo StrandbergJukka TolonenLasse LehtonenMaaret Castrén
Published in: BMC emergency medicine (2020)
The NEWS2 and a local 3-level triage scale are statistically significant, but poor in accuracy, in predicting 30-day mortality, and HDU admission but not ED LOS or revisit rates for frail older adults. NEWS2 also seems to predict hospital admission.
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