The efficacy of twelve early warning systems for potential use in regional medical facilities in Queensland, Australia

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 47-53

  Le Lagadec, Marie Danielle ^a   Dwyer, Trudy ^b   Browne, Matthew ^c  

^a Hospital   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early warning systems; EWS; EWS efficacy comparison; In hospital patient deterioration; Regional subcritical private hospitals; SAE; Severe adverse events; Track and trigger

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DETERIORATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROCEDURES; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAL SIGN;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL DETERIORATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 85063981477     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2019.03.001     Document Type: Article

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