We read with interest the article recently published by McCormack and colleagues
[
[1]
]. The authors evaluated the prognostic role of The Mortality in Emergency Department
Sepsis (MEDS) score in ED patients with severe sepsis. They found that patients in
the mortality group had older age; higher lactate; lower albumin; and higher international
normalized ratio, ED intubation, and intensive care unit admission.- McCormack D
- Ruderman A
- Menges W
- Kulkarni M
- Murano T
- Keller SE
Usefulness of the mortality in severe sepsis in the emergency department score in
an urban tertiary care hospital.
Am J Emerg Med. 2016; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2016.03.037M.J
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Publication History
Published online: June 30, 2016
Accepted:
June 27,
2016
Received:
May 31,
2016
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