Study objective To investigate how age affects the predictive performance of the National
Early Warning Score (NEWS) at arrival to the emergency department (ED) regarding …

Since 1990, patients aged 85 years and older have been the fastest growing segment of the
population. 1 Older adults are key service users of the emergency department (ED) …

The novel coronavirus infection has spread worldwide, causing a wide spectrum of clinical
manifestations. Most patients develop moderate clinical illness, but a substantial number will …

Background COVID‐19 disease progression is characterized by hyperinflammation and risk
stratification may aid in early aggressive treatment and advanced planning. The aim of this …

Distribution shift is a key challenge for predictive models in practice, creating the need to
identify potentially harmful shifts in advance of deployment. Existing work typically defines …

Background: The biomarker soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) is an
indicator of inflammation which is increased in a variety of chronic and acute disease states …

Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) is a biomarker whose clinical
value has been tested in various groups of patients. The aim of the present study was to …

Background In the pre-hospital setting, non-urgent patients with non-specific chief
complaints pose assessment challenges for the emergency medical systems (EMS) …

Objective Patients who are over 65 years old represent up to 24% of emergency department
(ED) admissions. They are at increased risk of under-triage due to impaired physiological …

Abstract Because 20-30% of patients with sepsis deteriorate to critical illness, biomarkers
that provide accurate early prognosis may identify which patients need more intensive …