Background In emergency services is important to accurately assess and classify symptoms,
which may be improved with the help of technology. One mechanism that could help and …

An abnormal respiratory rate is often the earliest sign of critical illness. A reliable estimate of
respiratory rate is vital in the application of remote telemonitoring systems, which may …

Importance The Third International Consensus Definitions Task Force defined sepsis as “life-
threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host response to infection.” The …

Development and validation of a score to predict postoperati... : European Journal of
Anaesthesiology | EJA Development and validation of a score to predict postoperative respiratory …

Rationale: Severe sepsis is common and highly morbid, yet the epidemiology of severe
sepsis at the frontier of the health care system—pre-hospital emergency care—is unknown …

Objective: To evaluate the association between total medical contact, prehospital, and
emergency department delays in antibiotic administration and in-hospital mortality among …

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness and predictive accuracy of early warning scores
(EWS) to predict deteriorating patients in pre-hospital settings. Methods Systematic review …

Continuous monitoring of respiration is essential for early detection of critical illness. Current
methods require sensors attached to the body and/or are not robust to subject motion …

Objective: Rapid response team activation criteria were created using expert opinion and
have demonstrated variable accuracy in previous studies. We developed a cardiac arrest …

AIM: Physiological track and trigger scores have an established role in enhancing the
detection of critical illness in hospitalized patients. Their potential to identify individuals at …