The national early warning score (NEWS) was derived among medical emergency department (ED) patients in the United Kingdom to provide a standardized method for the detection of critically ill patients [5,6]. In December 2017, NEWS received formal endorsement from NHS England to become the early...
Early warning score Vital signs COPD Introduction Vital signs based aggregate early warning score (EWS) systems, which assign weights to each vital sign according to the deviation from assumed normal values, are recommended for routine use in UK hospitals1, 2. In 2012, the Royal College of Phys...
Editor – The concept of a standardised national Early Warning Scoring System is very welcome and we strongly support this initiative by the Royal College of Physicians (Clin Med December 2012 pp501–3).However, the bedside chart in the NEWS system and the online training package make no allowa...
rapid response team; hospital medical emergency team; early warning score1. Introduction Today, there is an aging population with more comorbidities and long-term pharmacological treatments that frequently undergo invasive procedures and interventions. This situation implies an increased risk, associated ...