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SUBMITTER: Seak CJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5600377 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Seak Chen-June CJ Yen David Hung-Tsang DH Ng Chip-Jin CJ Wong Yon-Cheong YC Hsu Kuang-Hung KH Seak Joanna Chen-Yeen JC Chen Hsien-Yi HY Seak Chen-Ken CK
PloS one 20170915 9
<h4>Objective</h4>This study aims to evaluate the performance of Rapid Emergency Medicine Score (REMS), Rapid Acute Physiology Score (RAPS), and Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) in ascertaining the severity of illness and predicting the mortality of adult hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) patients presenting to the emergency department (ED). This will assist emergency physicians (EPs) in risk stratification.<h4>Methods</h4>Data for 66 adult HPVG patients who visited the EDs of 2 research hospi ...[more]