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01-12-2015 | Meeting abstract
Pre-hospital transported patients - a resource for accessing prognostic risk factors
Authors:
Camilla LN Bech, Mikkel Brabrand, Annmarie Lassen
Published in:
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
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Special Issue 1/2015
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Excerpt
The survival of patients transported by ambulance depends not only on the clinical condition but also on other patient-related factors and the organizational pre-hospital setup. Until now, information on patients in the pre-hospital system has been almost unexplored. However, these data could form a valuable resource for assessing potential risk factors associated with adverse outcomes. Our aim was to describe ambulance transports to the Emergency Department and identify prognostic factors accessible in the pre-hospital phase and associated with seven-day mortality. …