COMBINATION OF LACTATE WITH MODIFIED EARLY WARNING SCORE AND RAPID EMERGENCY MEDICINE SCORE IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS ADMITTED TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO PREDICT 28-DAY MORTALITY

Demircan S., Ergin M., Tanriverdi F., Elgormus C. S., Kurtoglu Celik G., Ozhasenekler A., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI, vol.21, no.3, pp.354-364, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 21 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.31086/tjgeri.2018344050
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.354-364
  • Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: Aim was to compare the efficacy of Rapid Emergency Medicine Score, Rapid Emergency Medicine Score-Lactate, Modified Early Warning Score and Modified Early Warning Score-Lactate scores in predicting 28-day mortality after emergency department visit and hospitalization from emergency department for patients with age >= 65 years.