Performance of the maximum modified early warning score to predict the need for higher care utilization among admitted emergency department patients

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Heitz, Corey R ^a   Gaillard, John P ^a   Blumstein, Howard ^a   Case, Doug ^a   Messick, Catherine ^a   Miller, Chadwick D ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Care standardization; Early warning scores; Emergency department; Level of care; Patient safety; Risk scores

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MODIFIED EARLY WARNING SCORE; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRIAGE;

EID: 74949113513     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.552     Document Type: Article

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