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Bedside vital parameters that indicate early deterioration
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- Bunkenborg, Gitte (author)
- Copenhagen University Hospital
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- Poulsen, Ingrid (author)
- Copenhagen University Hospital
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- Samuelson, Karin (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Hälsofrämjande komplexa interventioner,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Health-promoting Complex Interventions,Lund University Research Groups
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- Ladelund, Steen (author)
- Copenhagen University Hospital
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- Akeson, Jonas (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Anestesiologi och intensivvård,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine,Lund University Research Groups
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- 2019
- 2019
- English 11 s.
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In: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance. - 0952-6862. ; 32:1, s. 262-272
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Abstract
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- Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to determine associations between initially recorded deviations in individual bedside vital parameters that contribute to total Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) levels 2 or 3 and further clinical deterioration (MEWS level=4). Design/methodology/approach: This was a prospective study in which 27,504 vital parameter values, corresponding to a total MEWS level⩾2, belonging to 1,315 adult medical and surgical inpatient patients admitted to a 90-bed study setting at a university hospital, were subjected to binary logistic and COX regression analyses to determine associations between vital parameter values initially corresponding to total MEWS levels 2 or 3 and later deterioration to total MEWS level ⩾4, and to evaluate corresponding time intervals. Findings: Respiratory rate, heart rate and patient age were significantly (p=0.012, p<0.001 and p=0.028, respectively) associated with further deterioration from a total MEWS level 2, and the heart rate also (p=0.009) from a total MEWS level 3. Within 24 h from the initially recorded total MEWS levels 2 or 3, 8 and 17 percent of patients, respectively, deteriorated to a total MEWS level=4. Patients initially scoring MEWS 2 had a 27 percent 30-day mortality rate if they later scored MEWS level=4, and 8.7 percent if they did not. Practical implications: It is important to observe all patients closely, but especially elderly patients, if total MEWS levels 2 or 3 are tachypnoea and/or tachycardia related. Originality/value: Findings might contribute to patient safety by facilitating appropriate clinical and organizational decisions on adequate time spans for early warning scoring in general ward patients.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Association
- Clinical deterioration
- Early warning score
- General ward patients
- Vital parameters
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- art (subject category)
- ref (subject category)
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