Better ViEWS ahead?. It is high time to improve patient safety by standardizing Early Warning Scores

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 923-924

  Subbe, Christian Peter ^a,b  

^a WREXHAM MAELOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY WARNING SCORE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAL SIGN; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEART ARREST; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954693900     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.05.013     Document Type: Editorial

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