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MEWS: predicts hospital admission and mortality in emergency department patients
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The paper by Burch et al1 on the modified early warning (MEW) score predicting hospital admission and inhospital mortality is both interesting and topical.
I agree with the authors that the MEW score, a risk assessment tool now widely used in UK emergency departments (ED) to facilitate the early identification of high-risk patients, is a good predictor of inhospital mortality.2 I also share the authors’ concerns that there are limitations to using the MEW score and that the MEW …