Evaluation of the feasibility and performance of early warning scores to identify patients at risk of adverse outcomes in a low-middle income country setting

BMJ Open

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Beane, Abi ^a,b,c   De Silva, Ambepitiyawaduge Pubudu ^a,d,e   De Silva, Nirodha ^f   Sujeewa, Jayasingha A ^f   Rathnayake, R M Dhanapala ^f   Sigera, P Chathurani ^a,d   Athapattu, Priyantha Lakmini ^d,g   Mahipala, Palitha G ^g   Rashan, Aasiyah ^a   Munasinghe, Sithum Bandara ^a   Jayasinghe, Kosala Saroj Amarasiri ^h   Dondorp, Arjen M ^b   Haniffa, Rashan ^a,b,d  

^a Network for Improving Critical care Systems and Training   (Sri Lanka)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d National Intensive Care Surveillance   (Sri Lanka)

^e and London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^f Monaragala District General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^g MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

aggregate weighted track and trigger systems; early warning scores; low income and middle income country; single parameter track and trigger systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE BURDEN; EARLY WARNING SCORE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ICD-10; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; URINE VOLUME; VITAL SIGN; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85054105572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019387     Document Type: Article

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