Validation of a modified Early Warning Score in medical admissions
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Validation of a modified Early Warning Score in medical admissions.
The Early Warning Score (EWS) is a simple physiological scoring system suitable for bedside application. The ability of a modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) to identify medical patients at risk of catastrophic deterioration in a busy clinical area was investigated. In a prospective cohort study, we applied MEWS to patients admitted to the 56-bed acute Medical Admissions Unit (MAU) of a Distric...
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عنوان ژورنال: QJM
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/94.10.521