Hot Off the Press: Prospective Validation of a Checklist to Predict Short-term Death in Older Patients After ED Admission in Australia and Ireland

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Prospective Validation of a Checklist to Predict Short-term Death in Older Patients After Emergency Department Admission in Australia and Ireland.
Cardona M, O'Sullivan M, Lewis ET, Turner RM, Garden F, Alkhouri H, Asha S, Mackenzie J, Perkins M, Suri S, Holdgate A, Winoto L, Chang DCW, Gallego-Luxan B, McCarthy S, Hillman K, Breen D. Cardona M, et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2019 Jun;26(6):610-620. doi: 10.1111/acem.13664. Epub 2018 Dec 14. Acad Emerg Med. 2019. PMID: 30428145 Free PMC article.

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