Efficacy of prehospital National Early Warning Score to predict outpatient disposition at an emergency department of a Japanese tertiary hospital: a retrospective study

Objectives The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) was originally developed to assess hospitalised patients in the UK. We examined whether the NEWS could be applied to patients transported by ambulance in Japan.Design This retrospective study assessed patients and calculated the NEWS from paramedic...

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Main Authors: Jumpei Tsukuda, Shigeki Fujitani, Kenichiro Morisawa, Nobuhiko Shimozawa, Yasuhiko Taira, Tomohiro Shinozaki, Takuro Endo, Toru Yoshida, Takako Motohashi, Hsiang-Chin Hsu, Shunsuke Fukuda, Takaki Naito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-06-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/6/e034602.full