Worthing physiological scoring system: Derivation and validation of a physiological early-warning system for medical admissions. An observational, population-based single-centre study

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 769-774

  Duckitt, R W ^a   Buxton Thomas, R ^a   Walker, J ^a   Cheek, E ^b   Bewick, V ^b   Venn, Richard ^a   Forni, L G ^a  

^a WORTHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical illness, mortality; Health status indicators, scoring system; Medical admission; Outcome assessment, methods; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VALIDATION STUDY; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING;

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34447106708     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem097     Document Type: Article

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