In‐hospital mortality and morbidity of elderly medical patients can be predicted at admission by the Modified Early Warning Score: a prospective study
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Summary
The ability of the Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) to identify a subset of patients at risk of deterioration, who might benefit from an increased level of attention is investigated.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2009-04-01
- Cited by
- 104
- References
- 14
- Access
- Open access
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- https://openalex.org/W2064710667
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- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:7340430
Keywords
Medicine, Mews, Early warning score, Prospective cohort study, Emergency medicine
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