Longitudinal analysis of one million vital signs in patients in an academic medical center

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1387-1392

  Bleyer, Anthony J ^a   Vidya, Sri ^a   Russell, Gregory B ^a   Jones, Catherine M ^a   Sujata, Leon ^a   Daeihagh, Pirouz ^a   Hire, Donald ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical vital signs; Hospital; MEWS; Mortality; VIEWS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED EARLY WARNING SCORE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAL SIGN; VITALPAC EARLY WARNING SCORE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAL SIGNS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054058299     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.06.033     Document Type: Article

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