Decision-tree early warning score (DTEWS) validates the design of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS)

Resuscitation

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 418-423

  Badriyah, Tessy ^a   Briggs, James S ^a   Meredith, Paul ^b   Jarvis, Stuart W ^a   Schmidt, Paul E ^a,b   Featherstone, Peter I ^a,b   Prytherch, David R ^a,b   Smith, Gary B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early warning scores; Medical emergency team; Outreach; Risk prediction; Scoring systems; Track and trigger systems

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION TREE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84893930308     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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