Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
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Review Meta Analysis
Performance of the MEDS score in predicting mortality among emergency department patients with a suspected infection: a meta-analysis.
To carry out a meta-analysis to examine the prognostic performance of the Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis (MEDS) score in predicting mortality among emergency department patients with a suspected infection. ⋯ The MEDS score has moderate accuracy in predicting mortality among emergency department patients with a suspected infection. A study comparison MEDS and qSOFA in the same population is needed.