A critical assessment of early warning score records in 168,000 patients

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 109-116

  Pedersen, Niels Egholm ^a   Rasmussen, Lars Simon ^a   Petersen, John Asger ^a   Gerds, Thomas Alexander ^a   Østergaard, Doris ^a   Lippert, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Archived data; Early warning score; EWS; National early warning score; NEWS; Patient monitoring; Physiologic monitoring; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRONIC WARFARE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT MONITORING;

ARCHIVED DATA; EARLY WARNING SCORE; NEWS; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; VITAL SIGN;

OXYGEN;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL EARLY WARNING SCORE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; ARTIFACT; AUTOMATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; DENMARK; DEVICES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; AUTOMATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CRITICAL CARE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENMARK; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN; RESPIRATORY RATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTOLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85013829524     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: 15732614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-017-0003-5     Document Type: Article

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