ViEWS-Towards a national early warning score for detecting adult inpatient deterioration

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 932-937

  Prytherch, David R ^a   Smith, Gary B ^a,b   Schmidt, Paul E ^a,c   Featherstone, Peter I ^a,c  

^a PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Monitoring; Outcome; Patient safety; Risk; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; DATA BASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY WARNING SCORE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAL SIGN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CRITICAL CARE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE;

EID: 77954693104     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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