Evaluating the pediatric early warning score (PEWS) system for admitted patients in the pediatric emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1249-1256

  Gold, Delia L ^a   Mihalov, Leslie K ^a   Cohen, Daniel M ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DETERIORATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEWBORN; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC EARLY WARNING SCORE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INPATIENTS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84912012999     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12514     Document Type: Article

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