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ArticleInternational journal of emergency medicine2024

Performance of A-DROP, NEWS2, and REMS in predicting in-hospital mortality and mechanical ventilation in pneumonia patients in the emergency department: a retrospective cohort study.

Netiporn Thirawattanasoot, Brandon Chongthanadon, Onlak Ruangsomboon

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Netiporn ThirawattanasootDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, 2 Wanglang Road, Bangkoknoi, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand.
Brandon ChongthanadonFaculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Onlak RuangsomboonDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, 2 Wanglang Road, Bangkoknoi, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand. doctor.mo@yahoo.com.

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backgroundPneumonia is a potentially life-threatening respiratory tract infection. Many Early Warning Scores (EWS) were developed to detect patients with high risk for adverse clinical outcomes, but few have explored the utility of these EWS for pneumonia patients in the Emergency Department (ED) setting. We aimed to compare the prognostic utility of A-DROP, NEWS2, and REMS in predicting in-hospital mortality and the requirement for mechanical ventilation among ED patients with pneumonia.

methodsA retrospective study was conducted at the ED of Siriraj Hospital, Thailand. Adult patients diagnosed with non-COVID-19 pneumonia between June 1, 2021, and May 31, 2022, were included. We calculated and analyzed their EWS at ED arrival. The primary outcome was all-cause in-hospital mortality. The secondary outcome was mechanical ventilation.

resultsWe enrolled 735 patients; 272 (37%) died at hospital discharge, and 75 (10.2%) required mechanical ventilation. A-DROP had the highest discrimination capacity for in-hospital mortality (AUROC: 0.698, 95% CI 0.659-0.737) compared to NEWS2 (AUROC 0.657; 95%CI 0.617, 0.698) and REMS (AUROC 0.637; 95%CI 0.596, 0.678). A-DROP also had superior performances than NEWS2 and REMS in terms of calibration, overall model performance, and balanced diagnostic accuracy indices at its optimal cut point (A-DROP ≥ 2). No EWS could perform well in predicting mechanical ventilation.

conclusionA-DROP had the highest prognostic utility for predicting in-hospital mortality in non-COVID-19 pneumonia patients in the ED compared to NEWS2 and REMS.

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Early warning scoreEmergency departmentPneumonia

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PMCPMC11674152

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