Prevalence of organ failure and mortality among patients in the emergency department: a population-based cohort study.

Peter Bank PedersenDaniel Pilsgaard HenriksenMikkel BrabrandAnnmarie Touborg Lassen

Published in: BMJ open (2019)

The study revealed an incidence of new organ failure at 1342/100 000 person-years and a prevalence of 5.2% of all emergency department contacts. One-year all-cause mortality was 29.8% among organ failure patients.

Keyphrases

emergency department
risk factors
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
type diabetes
single cell
drug induced