Efficacy of prehospital National Early Warning Score to predict outpatient disposition at an emergency department of a Japanese tertiary hospital: a retrospective study.

Takuro EndoToru YoshidaTomohiro ShinozakiTakako MotohashiHsiang-Chin Hsu Shunsuke FukudaJumpei TsukudaTakaki NaitoKenichiro MorisawaNobuhiko ShimozawaYasuhiko TairaShigeki Fujitani

Published in: BMJ open (2020)

The findings from this Japanese tertiary hospital setting showed that prehospital NEWS could be used to identify patients at a risk of adverse outcomes. NEWS stratification was strongly correlated with patient disposition.

Keyphrases

emergency department
cardiac arrest
trauma patients
emergency medical
case report
quality improvement
electronic health record