Sensitivity of the pediatric early warning score to identify patient deterioration

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Akre, Mari ^a   Finkelstein, Marsha ^a   Erickson, Mary ^a   Liu, Meixia ^a   Vanderbilt, Laurel ^a   Billman, Glenn ^b  

^a Children's Hospitals   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical deterioration; Code blue; Early recognition; Pediatric early warning score; Rapid response team; Risk assessment; Screening tool

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; MONITORING; NEBULIZATION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PEDIATRIC EARLY WARNING SCORE; PERSONAL MONITOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950559644     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0338     Document Type: Article

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