A single-centre cohort study of National Early Warning Score (NEWS) and near patient testing in acute medical admissions

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue , 2016, Pages 78-82

  Abbott, Tom E F ^a   Torrance, Hew D T ^a   Cron, Nicholas ^b   Vaid, Nidhi ^c   Emmanuel, Julian ^a,d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes; Early warning score; Monitoring; Physiological parameters

Indexed keywords

BASE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ALARM MONITORING; ALKALOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NATIONAL EARLY WARNING SCORE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84997335690     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2016.06.014     Document Type: Article

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