Miguel A Castro Villamor, María Alonso-Sanz, Raúl López-Izquierdo, Juan F Delgado Benito, Carlos Del Pozo Vegas, Santiago López Torres, Joan B Soriano, José L Martín-Conty, Ancor Sanz-García, Francisco Martín-Rodríguez
BACKGROUND: A myriad of early warning scores (EWSs) exist, yet there is a need to identify the most clinically valid score to be used in prehospital respiratory assessments to estimate short-term and midterm mortality, intensive-care unit admission, and airway management in life-threatening acute respiratory distress. METHODS: This is a prospective, observational, multicentre, ambulance-based, external validation study performed in 44 ambulance services and four hospitals across three Spanish provinces (ie, Salamanca, Segovia, and Valladolid)...
March 2024: The Lancet. Digital health