Vulnerable patient groups in the Emergency Department: association with hospitalization, Intensive Care Unit admission, and mortality

Certain vulnerability markers identifiable at triage are associated with specific adverse outcomes. These findings highlight the potential of pragmatic, early vulnerability assessment to improve risk stratification in the emergency department.

Authors

Christian H. Nickel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6619-9284)
Fabienne Hilpert
Tanguy Espejo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4303-1352)
Roland Bingisser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8223-9792)
H Riedel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7483-2622)

Institutions

University Hospital of Basel (CH)
Hospital Base (CL)

Publication Details

Journal: Postgraduate Medical Journal
Published: 2025-11-27
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/postmj/qgaf219
Primary Topic: Emergency and Acute Care Studies
Type: article
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article

Vulnerable patient groups in the Emergency Department: association with hospitalization, Intensive Care Unit admission, and mortality

Christian H. Nickel, Fabienne Hilpert, Tanguy Espejo, Roland Bingisser et al.

Nov 27, 2025

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Emergency and Acute Care Studies

article

Vulnerable patient groups in the Emergency Department: association with hospitalization, Intensive Care Unit admission, and mortality

Christian H. Nickel, Fabienne Hilpert, Tanguy Espejo, Roland Bingisser, H Riedel

November 27, 2025article en

Abstract

Certain vulnerability markers identifiable at triage are associated with specific adverse outcomes. These findings highlight the potential of pragmatic, early vulnerability assessment to improve risk stratification in the emergency department.

Postgraduate Medical Journal

University Hospital of Basel (CH), Hospital Base (CL)

Openalex Percentile: Top 44%

Emergency and Acute Care Studies

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