Eric Jorge García-Lamberechts, Manuel Fuentes Ferrer, Cesáreo Fernández-Alonso, Guillermo Burillo-Putze, Sira Aguiló, Aitor Alquezar-Arbé, Francisco Javier Montero-Pérez, Javier Jacob, Pascual Piñera Salmerón, Manuel Salido Mota, Maria José Marchena, Alba Martínez Alonso, Ana Chacón García, Cristina Güemes de la Iglesia, Osvaldo Jorge Troiano Ungerer, Patricia Eiroa-Hernández, Patricia Parra-Esquivel, Paula Lázaro Aragüés, Patricia Gantes Nieto, Sandra Cuerpo Cardeñosa, Cristina Chacón García, Leticia Serrano Lázaro, María Caballero Martínez, Lara Guillen, Rocío Muñoz Martos, Juan González Del Castillo, Òscar Miró
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the prognostic accuracy of the scores NEWS, qSOFA, GYM used in hospital emergency department (ED) in the assessment of elderly patients who consult for an infectious disease. METHODS: Data from the EDEN (Emergency Department and Elderly Need) cohort were used. This retrospective cohort included all patients aged ≥65 years seen in 52 Spanish EDs during two weeks (from 1-4-2019 to 7-4-2019 and 30/3/2020 to 5/4/2020) with an infectious disease diagnosis in the emergency department...
January 30, 2024: Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica