Monitoring vital signs: Development of a Modified Early Warning Scoring (Mews) system for general wards in a developing country

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kyriacos, Una ^a   Jelsma, Jennifer ^a   James, Michael ^b   Jordan, Sue ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DELPHI STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MODIFIED EARLY WARNING SCORING; NEUROSURGEON; NURSE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINE VOLUME; VALIDATION STUDY; VITAL SIGN; WARD; CONSENSUS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; SOUTH AFRICA;

CONSENSUS; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84899854771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087073     Document Type: Article

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