Is the Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) superior to clinician judgement in detecting critical illness in the pre-hospital environment?

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 557-562

  Fullerton, James N ^a   Price, Charlotte L ^b   Silvey, Natalie E ^a   Brace, Samantha J ^a,c   Perkins, Gavin D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulance alerting; Early warning scores; Outcome prediction; Paramedic; Pre hospital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED EARLY WARNING SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859952902     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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