[Belgium] Accuracy of the “surprise question” in predicting long-term mortality among older patients admitted to the Emergency Department: Comparison between emergency physicians and nurses in a multicenter longitudinal study

[Belgium] Accuracy of the “surprise question” in predicting long-term mortality among older patients admitted to the Emergency Department: Comparison between emergency physicians and nurses in a multicenter longitudinal study
Palliative Medicine Reports; by Alexandra Coulon, Delphine Bourmorck, Françoise Steenebruggen, Laurent Knoops, Isabelle De Brauwer, on behalf of the COPE Project; 8/24
The “surprise question” (SQ) (“Would you be surprised if this patient died in the next 12 months?”) is the most frequently used screening tool in emergency departments (EDs) to identify patients with poor prognosis and potential unmet palliative needs... The SQ is a simple tool to identify older ED patients at high mortality risk. Concordant responses from [emergency physicians and nurses] are more predictive than either alone.