A national survey of obstetric early warning systems in the United Kingdom: Five years on

Anaesthesia

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 687-692

  Isaacs, R A ^a,d   Wee, M Y K ^a   Bick, D E ^b   Beake, S ^b   Sheppard, Z A ^c   Thomas, S ^c   Hundley, V ^c   Smith, G B ^c   Van Teijlingen, E ^c   Thomas, P W ^c  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSTETRIC EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; OXYGEN SATURATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY RATE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84902374393     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12708     Document Type: Article

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