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Table 1 Parameters included in the scoring systems

From: Risk scoring systems for adults admitted to the emergency department: a systematic review

Parameter

ALT[12]

EWS[19]

TTS[16]

RLD[13]

WPS[20]

SCS[14]

HOTEL[15]

RAPS[17]

REMS[21]

GS[18]

Age

•

  

•

 

•

  

•

•

Sex

   

•

      

Admission (acute or planned)

   

•

      

Ability to stand unaided

     

•

•

   

Coma

     

•

    

New stroke

     

•

    

Dyspnoea

     

•

    

Nursing home resident

     

•

    

Diabetes

     

•

    

Abnormal EKG

     

•

•

   

Spend time in bed prior to admission

     

•

    

Vital signs

          

Heart rate

 

•

•

 

•

•

 

•

•

 

Systolic blood pressure

 

•

•

 

•

•

•

   

Diastolic blood pressure

  

•

       

Mean blood pressure

       

•

•

 

Respiratory rate

 

•

•

 

•

•

 

•

•

 

Temperature

 

•

•

 

•

•

•

   

Level of consciousness (AVPU)

 

•

•1

 

•

     

Level of consciousness (GCS)

  

•1

    

•

•

•

Oxygen saturation

 

•

•

 

•

•

•

 

•

•

Urine production

  

•2

       

Altered mental state

     

•

    

Blood tests

          

Albumin

•

  

•

      

Lactate dehydrogenase

•

         

Alanine transaminase

•

         

Aspartate aminotransferase

•

         

Creatinine

   

•

      

Blood Urea Nitrogen

•

  

•

      

Sodium

   

•

      

Potassium

   

•

      

Glucose

•

         

Haemoglobin

   

•

      

Leucocytes

•

  

•

      

Neutrophilocytes

•

         
  1. 1 Either AVPU or GCS according to original study, review article
  2. 2 Regarded as normal in all cases (not analyzed in the study), review article