Pediatric Early Warning System na Unidade de Internamento de Curta Duração
| Autor: | Miguel Paiva Pereira, Paula Poção, Hugo de Castro Faria |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Gazeta Médica, Vol 1, Iss 1 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2183-8135 2184-0628 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION: Pediatric Early Warning Scores were developed as standardized clinical aides for early recognition of clinical deterioration in children. These systems improve situational awareness among professionals. A major concern is the workload increase. After implementation in the Short Stay Unit, we intended to evaluate its effectiveness in our population. METHODS: We reviewed medical records of children admitted to the Short Stay Unit between July 2017 and February 2020. We developed a statistical analysis to evaluate the test performance. RESULTS: One thousand three hundred twenty-three patients were included (median age 3.07 years-old); 5.7% were considered to have clinical deterioration (maximum score median 7.00 vs 2.00) (p |
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