Factors affecting response to National Early Warning Score (NEWS)

Resuscitation

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 85-90

  Kolic, Ivana ^a   Crane, Smiley ^a   McCartney, Suzanne ^a   Perkins, Zane ^b   Taylor, Alex ^a  

^a LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b WILLIAM HARVEY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical response; Consistency; Critical illness; National Early Warning Score; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL RESPONSE; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL EARLY WARNING SCORE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PULSE RATE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAL SIGN; ADOLESCENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; VITAL SIGNS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927756002     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.02.009     Document Type: Article

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