Common laboratory tests predict imminent medical emergency team calls, intensive care unit admission or death in emergency department patients

To estimate the ability of commonly measured laboratory variables to predict imminent (within the same or next calendar day) medical emergency team (MET) calls, ICU admission or death.

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