Open AccessRisk prediction in acute medical care: the potassium story
Author(s) -
Marianne Fløjstrup,
Mikkel Brabrand
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
acute medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1747-4892
pISSN - 1747-4884
DOI - 10.52964/amja.0739
Subject(s) - triage , medicine , acute medicine , medical emergency , health care , acute care , emergency medical services , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , economics , economic growth
The increased demand for secondary healthcare services has led to overflow in emergency departments and acute medical units throughout the world. And, as all patients therefore cannot be seen at once, most departments have introduced triage by experienced nurses at arrival. Triage is meant to predict time to be seen by a qualified healthcare professional and not – necessarily – to predict outcome.