Cross-sectional audit on the relevance of Elevated National Early Warning Score in medical patients at a Model 2 hospital in Ireland

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 893-898

  Lobo, R ^a   Lynch, K ^a   Casserly, L F ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acute medicine programme; Chronic respiratory early warning score (CREWS); National early warning score; NEWS; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; HOME OXYGEN THERAPY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL EARLY WARNING SCORE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; ANOXIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANOXIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IRELAND; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84944885847     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: 18634362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-014-1216-y     Document Type: Article

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