Exploring the performance of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) in a European emergency department

Resuscitation

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 111-115

  Alam, N ^a   Vegting, I L ^a   Houben, E ^a   van Berkel, B ^a   Vaughan, L ^b   Kramer, M H H ^a   Nanayakkara, P W B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes; Deteriorating patients; Early warning score; Monitoring; NEWS; Physiological parameters

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; EMERGENCY SEVERITY INDEX; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL EARLY WARNING SCORE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; AGE; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VITAL SIGN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84927725221     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.02.011     Document Type: Article

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