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Study protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study to identify predictors of adverse outcome in older medical emergency department patients (the Risk Stratification in the Emergency Department in Acutely Ill Older Patients (RISE UP) study)

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1078-2

Published Online: 2019-03-04

Published Print: 2019-12

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Authors

Zelis, Noortje https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0015-5240
Buijs, Jacqueline

de Leeuw, Peter W.

van Kuijk, Sander M. J.

Stassen, Patricia M.
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Funding for this research was provided by:

Zuyderland Medical Centre
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Article History

Received: 27 November 2017

Accepted: 19 February 2019

First Online: 4 March 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: This study is approved by the medical ethics committee of Zuyderland MC, Heerlen, The Netherlands and MUMC+, Maastricht, the Netherlands (reference number NL55867.096.15). Patients or their legal representative have to sign an informed consent form before study entry. This study is in accordance to the 2013 version of the Declaration of Helsinki and in accordance with the Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (WMO). Risks for participating in this study are expected to be very small to negligible and all patients will receive standard care. Objection by an incapacitated patient will lead to exclusion from the study and analysis.

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