Comparison of CATs, CURB-65 and PMEWS as triage tools in pandemic influenza admissions to UK hospitals: case control analysis using retrospective data.

Comparison of CATs, CURB-65 and PMEWS as triage tools in pandemic influenza admissions to UK hospitals: case control analysis using retrospective data.

Triage tools have an important role in pandemics to identify those most likely to benefit from higher levels of care. We compared Community Assessment Tools (CATs), the CURB-65 score, and the Pandemic Medical Early Warning Score (PMEWS); to predict higher levels of care (high dependency--Level 2 or...

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Main Authors: Puja R Myles, Jonathan S Nguyen-Van-Tam, Wei Shen Lim, Karl G Nicholson, Stephen J Brett, Joanne E Enstone, James McMenamin, Peter J M Openshaw, Robert C Read, Bruce L Taylor, Barbara Bannister, Malcolm G Semple
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0034428&type=printable
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