Early detection of severe maternal morbidity: A retrospective assessment of the role of an Early Warning Score System

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 152-155

  Austin, Diana M ^a   Sadler, Lynn ^a   McLintock, Claire ^a   McArthur, Colin ^a   Masson, Vicki ^b   Farquhar, Cindy ^b   Rhodes, Sharon ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

early warning score; maternal morbidity; surveillance systems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING RATE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY WARNING SCORE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS;

EARLY WARNING SCORE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEW ZEALAND; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84897536967     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12160     Document Type: Article

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