Prediction model may help determine risk of critical illness after out-of-hospital emergency care
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 15:21
in Health & Medicine
A prediction score that included such factors as age, blood pressure, heart and respiratory rate for patients who received out-of-hospital emergency care was associated with the development of critical illness during hospitalization such as severe sepsis, the need for mechanical ventilation or death, according to a study in the Aug. 18 issue of JAMA.