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Trial reportNature communications2025

Machine learning for risk stratification in the emergency department (MARS-ED): a randomized controlled trial.

Paul M E L van Dam, William P T M van Doorn, Lotte Sevenich, Lars Lambriks, Jochen W L Cals, Otto Bekers, Patricia M Stassen, Steven J R Meex

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Assessing Risk of Early ICU Admission or Death at Emergency Department Triage: Clinical Judgment Versus Early Warning Scores.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Paul M E L van Dam *Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Section Acute Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center +, Maastricht, Netherlands. paul.van.dam@mumc.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5172-2500
William P T M van Doorn *Department of Clinical Chemistry, Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Maastricht University Medical Center +, Maastricht, Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2676-7448
Lotte SevenichDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Section Acute Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center +, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Lars LambriksDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Section Acute Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center +, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Jochen W L CalsDepartment of Family Medicine, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Otto BekersDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Maastricht University Medical Center +, Maastricht, Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2902-2927
Patricia M StassenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Section Acute Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center +, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Steven J R MeexDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Maastricht University Medical Center +, Maastricht, Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8147-9006

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emergency department (ED) crowding necessitates rapid, accurate risk stratification to optimize care and resource allocation. Traditional clinical prediction tools like NEWS, APACHE II, and SOFA score have limited generalizability or rely on extensive inputs, including vitals. We developed RISK

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Emergency Service, HospitalMachine LearningAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHospital MortalityHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisRisk Assessment

Identifiers

PMID41326390
PMCPMC12783782

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