An evaluation of an early warning clinical marker referral tool

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 274-282

  Green, Anna Louise ^a   Williams, Allison ^b  

^a WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical Care; Critical Illness mortality; Early warning scores; Unplanned ICU admission

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VICTORIA;

EID: 33748768493     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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