How helpful are early warning scores?

This article discusses a literature review examining UK practice and the origins, benefits and limitations of early warning scores. An accompanying article (page 15) discusses the introduction of clinical-based trigger questions to help ward-based nurses to identify patients whose condition is deteriorating.

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NHS Lanarkshire
United Kingdom

Keywords

Patient Care Team, Workforce, Humans, Efficiency, Organizational, Emergency Service, Hospital, State Medicine, United Kingdom, Heart Arrest

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