Open AccessOutcome prediction value of National Early Warning Score in septic patients with community-acquired pneumonia in emergency department: A single-center retrospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Haijiang Zhou,
Tianfei Lan,
Shubin Guo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1920-8642
DOI - 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2020.04.002
Subject(s) - medicine , receiver operating characteristic , mechanical ventilation , intensive care unit , sofa score , early warning score , emergency department , community acquired pneumonia , emergency medicine , pneumonia , retrospective cohort study , pneumonia severity index , sepsis , cohort , psychiatry
To evaluate the accuracy of National Early Warning Score (NEWS) in predicting clinical outcomes (28-day mortality, intensive care unit [ICU] admission, and mechanical ventilation use) for septic patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) compared with other commonly used severity scores (CURB65, Pneumonia Severity Index [PSI], Sequential Organ Failure Assessment [SOFA], quick SOFA [qSOFA], and Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis [MEDS]) and admission lactate level.