A validation study of the CEMACH recommended modified early obstetric warning system (MEOWS)

Anaesthesia

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-18

  Singh, S ^a   McGlennan, A ^b   England, A ^b   Simons, R ^b  

^a BARNET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MODIFIED EARLY OBSTETRIC WARNING SYSTEM; OBSTETRICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ALARMS; COMPUTER SECURITY; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; INFECTION; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OXYGEN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT CARE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 83555164753     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06896.x     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Goldhill D R, White S A, Sumner A,. Physiological values and procedures in the 24 h before ICU admission from the ward. Anaesthesia 1999; 54: 529-34. (Pubitemid 29299157)
2. Cullinane M, Findlay G, Hargraves C, Lucas S,. An Acute Problem?. London: National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death, 2005.
3. Goldhill D R, McNarry A F, Mandersloot G, McGinley A,. A physiologically-based early warning score for ward patients: the association between score and outcome. Anaesthesia 2005; 60: 547-53. (Pubitemid 40754131)
4. Gao H, McDonnell A, Harrison DA, et al., Harvey Systematic review and evaluation of physiological track and trigger warning systems for identifying at risk patients on the ward. Intensive Care Medicine 2007; 33: 667-79. (Pubitemid 46474893)
5. Lewis G, (ed.) Saving Mothers' Lives: Reviewing maternal Deaths to make Motherhood Safer 2003-2005. The Seventh Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths in the United Kingdom. London: CEMACH, 2007.
6. Harrison DA, Penny JA, Yentis SM, et al., Case mix, outcome and activity for obstetric admissions to adult, general Critical Care units: a secondary analysis of the ICNARC Case Mix Programme Database. Critical Care 2005; 9 (Suppl 3): S25-S37.
7. Swanton RDJ, Al-Rawi S, Wee MYK,. A national survey of obstetric early warning systems in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 2009; 18: 253-7.
8. Brace V, Penney G, Hall M,. Quantifying severe maternal morbidity: a Scottish population study. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2004; 111: 481-4. (Pubitemid 38621880)
9. Grady K, Howell C, Cox C,. Managing Obstetric Emergencies & Trauma- The MOET Course Manual, 2nd edn. London: RCOG Press, 2007.
10. Tuffnell DJ, Shennan AH, Waugh JJS, Walker JJ,. The Management of Severe Pre-Eclampsia and Eclampsia, Guideline 10(A). London: RCOG Press, 2006.
11. Horan TC, Andrus M, Dudeck MA,. CDC/NHSN Surveillance definition of health care associated infection and criteria for specific types of infection in the acute care setting. American Journal of Infection Control 2008; 36: 309-32. (Pubitemid 351763841)
12. British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Committee Pulmonary Embolism Guideline Development Group. British thoracic society guidelines for the management of suspected acute pulmonary embolism. Thorax 2003; 58: 470-84.
13. Hope RA, Longmore JM, Hodgetts TJ, Ramrakha PS,. Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, 6th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.