Why the study?
The reliability of scoring methods in identifying critical geriatric patients in the emergency department needed to be compared.
Can risk scoring systems (APACHE II, REMS, HOTEL, VIEWS, VIEWS-L) predict mortality and identify critically ill geriatric patients in the emergency department?
Population
244 patients aged over 65 presenting to the emergency department
Comparison
APACHE II vs REMS vs HOTEL vs VIEWS vs VIEWS-L
Design
Prospective study
Authors
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Higher scores associated with mortality in geriatric ED patients; hypothesis-generating pending prospective validation.
Can risk scoring systems (APACHE II, REMS, HOTEL, VIEWS, VIEWS-L) predict mortality and identify critically ill geriatric patients in the emergency department?
Risk scoring systems such as APACHE II, REMS, HOTEL, VIEWS, and VIEWS-L can be effectively used to predict mortality and identify critically ill geriatric patients in the emergency department.
Başpınar et al. (2021) studied this question.
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