Background The Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) was developed to timely recognise
clinically deteriorating hospitalised patients. However, the ability of the MEWS in predicting …

Purpose The frequency, extent, time frame, and implications of changes to the modified early
warning score (MEWS) in the 24 hours prior to cardiac arrest are not known. Our aim was to …

Objective: To evaluate the performance of the modified early warning score (Mews) in a
nursing ward for patients in clinical deterioration. Method: This is an analytical, quantitative …

Background: The Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) has been proposed to warn
healthcare providers of potentially serious adverse events. We evaluated this scoring system …

Background Emergency department (ED) crowding is a frequent situation. To decrease this
overload, patients without a life-threating condition are transferred to wards that offer ED …

Background Decompensation on the medical floor is associated with increased in-hospital
mortality. Objective Our aim was to determine the accuracy of the National Early Warning …

Background Wireless vital sign sensors are increasingly being used to monitor patients on
surgical wards. Although early warning scores (EWSs) are the current standard for the …

Objetivo: Avaliar o desempenho do escore de alerta precoce modificado (Mews) em uma
enfermaria de pacientes em deterioração clínica. Método: Trata-se de um estudo analítico …

Objective. There have been many efforts to develop tools predictive of health deterioration in
hospitalized patients, but comprehensive evaluation of their predictive ability is often lacking …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to prospectively analyze the predictive role of classic
predictors for suspected infection (temperature, WBC and derivatives) with two biomarkers …