TY - JOUR AU - Kemp, Kirsi AU - Alakare, Janne AU - Harjola, Veli-Pekka AU - Strandberg, Timo AU - Tolonen, Jukka AU - Lehtonen, Lasse AU - Castrén, Maaret PY - 2020 DA - 2020/10/28 TI - National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) and 3-level triage scale as risk predictors in frail older adults in the emergency department JO - BMC Emergency Medicine SP - 83 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - The aim of the emergency department (ED) triage is to recognize critically ill patients and to allocate resources. No strong evidence for accuracy of the current triage instruments, especially for the older adults, exists. We evaluated the National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) and a 3-level triage assessment as risk predictors for frail older adults visiting the ED. SN - 1471-227X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-020-00379-y DO - 10.1186/s12873-020-00379-y ID - Kemp2020 ER -