Do biomarkers add anything to clinical prediction of mortality in older medical emergency department patients?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Do biomarkers add anything to clinical prediction of mortality in older medical emergency department patients?

AU - Zelis, Noortje

AU - Buijs, Jacqueline

AU - de Leeuw, Peter W.

AU - Stassen, Patricia M.

AU - van Kuijk, Sander M. J.

AU - Hundscheid, Robin

AU - Raijmakers, Maarten T. M.

AU - RISE UP Investigator Group

N1 - Funding Information: We thank the medical and nursing staff of the emergency departments of Zuyderland Medical Centre and Maastricht University Medical Centre+ for their contribution to our study and most of all, all patients who participated in the study. Zuyderland MC supported the study by funding NZ. The funding source had no involvement in the study design, analysis, interpretation, or decision to submit this work. NZ, JB, PWL and PMS are responsible for developing the research question and study design. NZ, MTMR and PMS are responsible for study management and NZ, RH and PMS for data collection. NZ performed the statistical analyses and the data was interpreted by all authors. NZ drafted the first version of the manuscript. RH, JB, PWL, MTMR, SMJK and PMS critically revised the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

PY - 2020/11

Y1 - 2020/11

U2 - 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.07.016

DO - 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.07.016

M3 - Comment/Letter to the editor

C2 - 32718878

SN - 0953-6205

VL - 81

SP - 106

EP - 107

JO - European journal of internal medicine

JF - European journal of internal medicine

ER -