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From: Risk assessment models for potential use in the emergency department have lower predictive ability in older patients compared to the middle-aged for short-term mortality – a retrospective cohort study

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Area under the Curve for Receiver operating characteristics for all-cause mortality within 7 days for acutely admitted patients. The graph presents five different approaches to risk assess patients acutely presenting at the emergency department. Patients are stratified in age deciles according to their age at the first visit. The five approaches include; Two different triage algorithms; Adaptive Process Triage (ADAPT) and Copenhagen Triage Algorithm (CTA), a predictive model using four vital signs (heart rate, arterial oxygen saturation, respiratory rate and systolic blood pressure), a predictive model using levels of seven routine biomarkers (albumin, creatinine, c-reactive protein, haemoglobin, leucocytes, potassium, sodium), and the experimental biomarker soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR). Mortality in age deciles; 40: 0.2%, 50: 0.4%, 60: 1.0%, 70: 1.9%, 80: 3.6%, 90: 5.2%

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