Trial of Remote Continuous versus Intermittent NEWS monitoring after major surgery (TRaCINg): Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial

Pilot and Feasibility Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Downey, C L ^a   Croft, J ^b   Buckley, H ^b   Randell, R ^a   Brown, J M ^b   Jayne, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Continuous; Early warning score; Monitoring; Surgery; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY WARNING SCORE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR SURGERY; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 85062276849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20555784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40814-018-0299-z     Document Type: Article

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