The use of a modified pediatric early warning score to assess stability of pediatric patients during transport

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 878-882

  Petrillo Albarano, Toni ^a,b   Stockwell, Jana ^a,b   Leong, Traci ^b   Hebbar, Kiran ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

early warning score; PEWS; transport

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSPORT PEDIATRIC EARLY WARNING SCORE;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRIAGE;

EID: 84865863292     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31826763a3     Document Type: Review

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