Into the night: Factors affecting response to abnormal Early Warning Scores out-of-hours and implications for service improvement

Acute Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 56-60

  Yiu, C J ^a   Khan, S U ^b   Subbe, Christian P ^c,d   Tofeec, K ^e   Madge, R A ^f  

^a WEST WALES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Acute Medicine Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ^*

^c YSBYTY GWYNEDD   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f MidCentral DHB   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

COPD; Frailty; Human factors; Intensive care; National Early Warning Score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NATIONAL EARLY WARNING SCORE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SAFETY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALES;

EID: 84903881147     PISSN: 17474884     EISSN: 17474892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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