Metzenger Danger Criteria
I could not identify any established medical risk assessment tool or clinical criteria known as "Metzenger danger criteria" in the provided evidence or in standard medical literature.
What the Evidence Shows
The search yielded no relevant medical criteria by this name. The evidence provided includes various legitimate risk stratification systems used in clinical practice, but none are called "Metzenger danger criteria" 1.
Established Risk Assessment Tools in the Literature
The evidence does reference multiple validated risk assessment systems across different clinical contexts:
Portal Hypertension and Variceal Bleeding
- Early TIPS criteria: Child-Pugh class B with active bleeding or Child-Pugh class C with MELD <14 1
- MELD score ≥19: Identifies high-risk patients with 46% early mortality in acute variceal bleeding 1
Febrile Neutropenia
- MASCC Risk-Index Score: Validated tool for stratifying risk in febrile neutropenic patients, with scores >21 indicating low risk 1
Maternal Risk Assessment
- CIPHER and MSI: Best discrimination for predicting maternal mortality in hospitalized obstetric patients 1
- Maternal Early Warning Criteria (MEWC): Trigger tool for early identification of severe maternal morbidity 1
Critical Care Deterioration
- Research on medical patients at high risk for catastrophic deterioration exists, but uses descriptive criteria rather than a named scoring system 2
Possible Explanations
This term may represent:
- A misspelling or misremembering of another established risk score
- A local institutional protocol not widely published
- Confusion with philosopher Thomas Metzinger (whose work relates to consciousness, not clinical medicine) 3
If you are seeking a specific risk assessment tool, please clarify the clinical context (e.g., cardiac arrest risk, surgical complications, sepsis) so the appropriate validated criteria can be identified.