A national early warning score for acutely ill patients

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7869, 2012, Pages

  McGinley, Ann ^a   Pearse, Rupert M ^b  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NATIONAL EARLY WARNING SCORE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; HOSPITALIZATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

ACUTE DISEASE; CRITICAL CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84864873951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e5310     Document Type: Editorial

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