Nurses' worry or concern and early recognition of deteriorating patients on general wards in acute care hospitals: A systematic review

Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Douw, Gooske ^a,c   Schoonhoven, Lisette ^b,c   Holwerda, Tineke ^a   Huisman de Waal, Getty ^c   van Zanten, Arthur R H ^a   van Achterberg, Theo ^c,d   van der Hoeven, Johannes G ^c  

^a GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; CIRCULATION; COLD CLAMMY SKIN; COLLAPSE; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; FAINTNESS; FEVER; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; JAW PAIN; LETHARGY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NEGLECT; NURSE ATTITUDE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PALLOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESTLESSNESS; RIGOR; SEIZURE; SHOULDER PAIN; SPEECH DISORDER; SWEATING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAL SIGN; VOMITING; WHEEZING; BREATHING; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PROCEDURES;

BLOOD CIRCULATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PAIN; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RESPIRATION;

EID: 85019263150     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-015-0950-5     Document Type: Article

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