The Effect of Pediatric Early Warning Score Use on Emergency Response Calls After Admission From the Pediatric Emergency Department.
Pediatr Emerg Care
; 37(12): e930-e933, 2021 Dec 01.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
Pediatric Early Warning Scores (PEWS) are an easy-to-use diagnostic tool for patient evaluation. The goal of this study was to determine if using PEWS in our pediatric emergency department (PED) at the time of admission to the hospital was associated with a decrease in the number of emergency response calls within 6 hours of admission.METHODS:
A retrospective chart review of 6 months before (May 2013-October 2013) and after (December 2013-May 2014) initiation of PEWS upon inpatient admission from our urban, tertiary care PED was conducted to determine the number of patients who had emergency response calls within 6 hours of admission.RESULTS:
The percentage of patients admitted from the PED who required an emergency response call within 6 hours of admission dropped from 1.77% in the 6 months before assigning PEWS to 0.79% in the 6 months after, a 55% reduction (P = 0.0070).CONCLUSIONS:
Assigning PEWS to patients being admitted to our hospital from the PED was associated with a reduced number of emergency response calls in the period immediately after admission.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Escore de Alerta Precoce
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pediatr Emerg Care
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA DE EMERGENCIA
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PEDIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article