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. 2019 Sep:67:e13-e15.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2019.07.018. Epub 2019 Jul 24.

Is it possible to quickly identify acutely unwell patients who can be safely managed as outpatients? The need for a "Universal Safe to Discharge Score"

John Kellett  1 , Christian H Nickel  2 , Niclas Skyttberg  3 , Mikkel Brabrand  4
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Is it possible to quickly identify acutely unwell patients who can be safely managed as outpatients? The need for a "Universal Safe to Discharge Score"

John Kellett et al. Eur J Intern Med. 2019 Sep.

Abstract

If scores or algorithms were developed that quickly identified patients who are bound to have 100% survival, if even only for a few days, more patients could be safely discharged from emergency department, this eliminating the risks of hospitalization for many patients. This hypothesis proposes that it is possible to develop a "Universal Safe to Discharge Score", and suggests how it might be developed and validated.

Keywords: Patient outcomes; Prediction of outcomes; Predictive scores; Survival analysis.

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