TY - T1 - Pre-hospital suPAR, lactate and CRP measurements for decision-making : a prospective, observational study of patients presenting non-specific complaints SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/335766 T3 - A1 - Jousi, Milla; Mäkinen, Marja; Kaartinen, Johanna; Meriläinen, Leena; Castrén, Maaret A2 - PB - Y1 - 2021 LA - eng AB - Background: In the pre-hospital setting, non-urgent patients with non-specific chief complaints pose assessment challenges for the emergency medical systems (EMS). Severely ill patients should be identified among these patients, and unnecessary transport to the emergency department (ED) should be avoided. Unnecessary admissions burden EDs, deplete EMS resources and can even be harmful to patients, especially elderly patients. Therefore, tools for facilitating pre-hospital decision-making are nee... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology; CRP; Emergency medical service; Lactate; Point-of-care; suPAR; ACTIVATOR RECEPTOR SUPAR; MORTALITY; EMERGENCY-DEPARTMENT; TRIAGE; VALIDATION; EARLY WARNING SCORE; CARE N1 - PP - ER -