Evaluation of the threshold value for the Early Warning Score on general wards

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-43

  van Rooijen, C R ^a   de Ruijter, W ^a   van Dam, B ^a  

^a Northwest Clinics   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early warning score; General ward; Threshold value; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EARLY WARNING SCORE; HUMAN; INFUSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PULSE RATE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL WARD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; VITAL SIGN; WARD;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84874158928     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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