A physiologically-based early warning score for ward patients: The association between score and outcome

Anaesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 547-553

  Goldhill, David R ^a   McNarry, A F ^b   Mandersloot, G ^b   McGinley, A ^b  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WARD; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 19944410164     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04186.x     Document Type: Article

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