Validation of the cardiac children's hospital early warning score: An early warning scoring tool to prevent cardiopulmonary arrests in children with heart disease

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 194-202

  Mclellan, Mary C ^a   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^a   Connor, Jean A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary arrest prevention; Congenital heart disease; Early warning score

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIAC CHILDREN HOSPITAL EARLY WARNING SCORE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; AGE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPLICATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEART ARREST; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INPATIENTS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84902512979     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/chd.12132     Document Type: Article

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