Louis Evans
Cardiff University
4 Papers
3 Citations
Louis Evans is an academic researcher from Cardiff University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Emergency department & Population. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications. Previous affiliations of Louis Evans include University Hospital of Wales.
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Papers
Frailty as a predictor of mortality in the elderly emergency general surgery patient
Jens Goeteyn,Louis Evans,Siem De Cleyn,Sigrid Fauconnier,Caroline Damen,Jonathan Hewitt,Wim Ceelen +6 more
TL;DR: Frailty is a significant predictor for mortality for elderly patients undergoing emergency abdominal/general surgery, and polypharmacy, multimorbidity, a history of falls, hearing impairment and urinary incontinence were statistically significantly different between the non-frail and the group.
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Screening for Frailty in Older Emergency Patients and Association with Outcome
TL;DR: Frailsafe screen results independently predict a range of outcomes amongst older ED attendees, and was an independent predictor of a new care home admission at 180 days.
Preoperative kidney function linked to mortality and readmission outcomes at Day 90 and 30 in older emergency surgical patients
Louis Evans,J. Goeteyn,Ben Carter,Matthew Greig,Hui Sian Tay,Caroline McCormack,Wim Ceelen,L. Pearce,Kathryn McCarthy,Phyo K. Myint,Susan Moug,Michael Stechman,Jonathan Hewitt +12 more
TL;DR: Admission eGFR provides prognostic information which is useful to clinicians in an acute surgical setting and whether closer monitoring and focused management at improving kidney function improves outcome in this patient population warrants further investigation.
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The role of C-reactive protein as a prognostic marker in COVID-19.
Dominic Stringer,Philip Braude,Phyo K. Myint,Louis Evans,Jemima T. Collins,Alessia Verduri,Terry J Quinn,A. Vilches-Moraga,Michael Stechman,Lyndsay Pearce,Susan Moug,Kathryn McCarthy,Jonathan Hewitt,Ben Carter +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the C-reactive protein (CRP) response in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and determined the utility of CRP on admission for predicting inpatient mortality.