Geriatric Fever Score: a new decision rule for geriatric care.
<h4>Background</h4>Evaluating geriatric patients with fever is time-consuming and challenging. We investigated independent mortality predictors of geriatric patients with fever and developed a prediction rule for emergency care, critical care, and geriatric care physicians to classify pa...
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oai:doaj.org-article:1745a916b8a3489d9076b8acf8d2a03c2021-11-25T05:55:23ZGeriatric Fever Score: a new decision rule for geriatric care.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0110927https://doaj.org/article/1745a916b8a3489d9076b8acf8d2a03c2014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110927https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>Evaluating geriatric patients with fever is time-consuming and challenging. We investigated independent mortality predictors of geriatric patients with fever and developed a prediction rule for emergency care, critical care, and geriatric care physicians to classify patients into mortality risk and disposition groups.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Consecutive geriatric patients (≥65 years old) visiting the emergency department (ED) of a university-affiliated medical center between June 1 and July 21, 2010, were enrolled when they met the criteria of fever: a tympanic temperature ≥37.2°C or a baseline temperature elevated ≥1.3°C. Thirty-day mortality was the primary endpoint. Internal validation with bootstrap re-sampling was done.<h4>Results</h4>Three hundred thirty geriatric patients were enrolled. We found three independent mortality predictors: Leukocytosis (WBC >12,000 cells/mm3), Severe coma (GCS ≤ 8), and Thrombocytopenia (platelets <150 10(3)/mm3) (LST). After assigning weights to each predictor, we developed a Geriatric Fever Score that stratifies patients into two mortality-risk and disposition groups: low (4.0%) (95% CI: 2.3-6.9%): a general ward or treatment in the ED then discharge and high (30.3%) (95% CI: 17.4-47.3%): consider the intensive care unit. The area under the curve for the rule was 0.73.<h4>Conclusions</h4>We found that the Geriatric Fever Score is a simple and rapid rule for predicting 30-day mortality and classifying mortality risk and disposition in geriatric patients with fever, although external validation should be performed to confirm its usefulness in other clinical settings. It might help preserve medical resources for patients in greater need.Min-Hsien ChungChien-Cheng HuangSi-Chon VongTzu-Meng YangKuo-Tai ChenHung-Jung LinJiann-Hwa ChenShih-Bin SuHow-Ran GuoChien-Chin HsuPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 10, p e110927 (2014) |
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<h4>Background</h4>Evaluating geriatric patients with fever is time-consuming and challenging. We investigated independent mortality predictors of geriatric patients with fever and developed a prediction rule for emergency care, critical care, and geriatric care physicians to classify patients into mortality risk and disposition groups.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Consecutive geriatric patients (≥65 years old) visiting the emergency department (ED) of a university-affiliated medical center between June 1 and July 21, 2010, were enrolled when they met the criteria of fever: a tympanic temperature ≥37.2°C or a baseline temperature elevated ≥1.3°C. Thirty-day mortality was the primary endpoint. Internal validation with bootstrap re-sampling was done.<h4>Results</h4>Three hundred thirty geriatric patients were enrolled. We found three independent mortality predictors: Leukocytosis (WBC >12,000 cells/mm3), Severe coma (GCS ≤ 8), and Thrombocytopenia (platelets <150 10(3)/mm3) (LST). After assigning weights to each predictor, we developed a Geriatric Fever Score that stratifies patients into two mortality-risk and disposition groups: low (4.0%) (95% CI: 2.3-6.9%): a general ward or treatment in the ED then discharge and high (30.3%) (95% CI: 17.4-47.3%): consider the intensive care unit. The area under the curve for the rule was 0.73.<h4>Conclusions</h4>We found that the Geriatric Fever Score is a simple and rapid rule for predicting 30-day mortality and classifying mortality risk and disposition in geriatric patients with fever, although external validation should be performed to confirm its usefulness in other clinical settings. It might help preserve medical resources for patients in greater need. |
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Min-Hsien Chung Chien-Cheng Huang Si-Chon Vong Tzu-Meng Yang Kuo-Tai Chen Hung-Jung Lin Jiann-Hwa Chen Shih-Bin Su How-Ran Guo Chien-Chin Hsu |
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Geriatric Fever Score: a new decision rule for geriatric care. |
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Geriatric Fever Score: a new decision rule for geriatric care. |
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Geriatric Fever Score: a new decision rule for geriatric care. |
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Geriatric Fever Score: a new decision rule for geriatric care. |
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Geriatric Fever Score: a new decision rule for geriatric care. |
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geriatric fever score: a new decision rule for geriatric care. |
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