Reproducibility of physiological track-and-trigger warning systems for identifying at-risk patients on the ward

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 619-624

  Subbe, Christian P ^a   Gao, Haiyan ^b   Harrison, David A ^b  

^a WREXHAM MAELOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b and London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Observer variation; Reproducibility of results; Scoring systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL WARD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WARD;

HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33947511804     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0516-8     Document Type: Article

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