Trajectories of the averaged abbreviated Vitalpac™ early warning score (AbEWS) and clinical course of 44,531 consecutive admissions hospitalized for acute medical illness

Resuscitation

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 544-548

  Murray, Alan ^a   Kellett, John ^b   Huang, Wendy ^c   Woodworth, Simon ^d   Wang, Fei ^c  

^a DUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center   (Canada)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acute medical units; Early warning scores; Outcomes; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY WARNING SCORE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; VITAL SIGN; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84895920771     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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