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Can prehospital Modified Early Warning Score identify non‐trauma patients requiring life‐saving intervention in the emergency department?

Siu Chung Leung, Kit Ling Fan, Wai Lam Yip

Emergency Medicine Australasia · 2015 · 21 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

Prehospital MEWS is useful in identifying non-trauma patients requiring LSI within 4 h of ED presentation. This may in turn enhance the triage accuracy in the ED in addition to clinical assessment.

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Vanessa Burch, Gregory P. Tarr, Chelsea Morroni · Emergency Medicine Journal · 2008 · 219 citations · Full text

Prediction of Critical Illness During Out-of-Hospital Emergency Care

Christopher W. Seymour · JAMA · 2010 · 160 citations · Full text