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Scand J Trauma Resus · Nov 2017
Observational StudyRoutine blood tests are associated with short term mortality and can improve emergency department triage: a cohort study of >12,000 patients.
Prioritization of acutely ill patients in the Emergency Department remains a challenge. We aimed to evaluate whether routine blood tests can predict mortality in unselected patients in an emergency department and to compare risk prediction with a formalized triage algorithm. ⋯ Routine blood tests were strongly associated with 30-day mortality in acutely ill patients and discriminatory ability was significantly higher than with a formalized triage algorithm. Thus routine blood tests allowed an improved risk stratification of patients presenting in an emergency department.