Early warning scores for detecting deterioration in adult hospital patients: systematic review and critical appraisal of methodology

S Gerry, T Bonnici, J Birks, S Kirtley, PS Virdee… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objective To provide an overview and critical appraisal of early warning scores for adult
hospital patients. Design Systematic review. Data sources Medline, CINAHL, PsycInfo, and …

Predictive monitoring of mobile patients by combining clinical observations with data from wearable sensors

L Clifton, DA Clifton, MAF Pimentel… - IEEE journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The majority of patients in the hospital are ambulatory and would benefit significantly from
predictive and personalized monitoring systems. Such patients are well suited to having …

Toward a robust estimation of respiratory rate from pulse oximeters

MAF Pimentel, AEW Johnson… - IEEE Transactions …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Goal: Current methods for estimating respiratory rate (RR) from the photoplethysmogram
(PPG) typically fail to distinguish between periods of high-and low-quality input data, and fail …

An investigation of sound levels on intensive care units with reference to the WHO guidelines

JL Darbyshire, JD Young - Critical Care, 2013 - Springer
Introduction Patients in intensive care units (ICUs) suffer from sleep deprivation arising from
nursing interventions and ambient noise. This may exacerbate confusion and ICU-related …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison of the ability of the National Early Warning Score and the National Early Warning Score 2 to identify patients at risk of in-hospital mortality: A …

MAF Pimentel, OC Redfern, S Gerry, GS Collins… - Resuscitation, 2019 - Elsevier
Aims To compare the ability of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) and the National
Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) to identify patients at risk of in-hospital mortality and other …

Detecting deteriorating patients in the hospital: development and validation of a novel scoring system

MAF Pimentel, OC Redfern, J Malycha… - American journal of …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Late recognition of patient deterioration in hospital is associated with worse
outcomes, including higher mortality. Despite the widespread introduction of early warning …

Gestation-specific vital sign reference ranges in pregnancy

LJ Green, LH Mackillop, D Salvi, R Pullon… - Obstetrics & …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Gestation-Specific Vital Sign Reference Ranges in Pregnancy : Obstetrics & Gynecology
Gestation-Specific Vital Sign Reference Ranges in Pregnancy : Obstetrics & Gynecology …

Development of heart and respiratory rate percentile curves for hospitalized children

CP Bonafide, PW Brady, R Keren, PH Conway… - …, 2013 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate heart and respiratory rate percentile curves for
hospitalized children and compare their vital sign distributions to textbook reference ranges …

[HTML][HTML] Development and validation of early warning score system: A systematic literature review

LH Fu, J Schwartz, A Moy, C Knaplund, MJ Kang… - Journal of biomedical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives This review aims to: 1) evaluate the quality of model reporting, 2) provide an
overview of methodology for developing and validating Early Warning Score Systems …

Risk stratification of hospitalized patients on the wards

MM Churpek, TC Yuen, DP Edelson - Chest, 2013 - Elsevier
Patients who suffer adverse events on the wards, such as cardiac arrest and death, often
have vital sign abnormalities hours before the event. Early warning scores have been …