National early warning score (NEWS) is not suitable for all patients

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 04 Sep 2012 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ, volume 345, pages e5875-e5875 (eissn: 1756-1833,

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Authors: Graham M, Teasdale;

doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5875

pmid: 22951554

National early warning score (NEWS) is not suitable for all patients

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Abstract

McGinlay and Pearse worry about the use of the national early warning score (NEWS) in people recovering from brain injury,1 2 but its insensitivity in people developing acute brain insults is also worrying. In the assessment of brain dysfunction, NEWS depends solely on the “alert, verbal, pain, unresponsive (AVPU)” system. Although useful in initial triage, such simplicity is inadequate in monitoring hospital patients at risk of neurological deterioration. Crucially, AVPU findings are compressed to only …

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University of Glasgow
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Keywords

Acute Disease, Humans, Severity of Illness Index

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