The prognostic value of the Modified Early Warning Score in critically ill patients: A prospective, observational study

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 152-157

  Reini, Kirsi ^a   Fredrikson, Mats ^b   Oscarsson, Anna ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical assessment; Death; Intensive care; Mortality; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEATH; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED EARLY WARNING SCORE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84859766321     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32835032d8     Document Type: Article

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