International journal of health care quality assurance
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Int J Health Care Qual Assur · Feb 2019
Multicenter StudyBedside vital parameters that indicate early deterioration.
The purpose of this paper is to determine associations between initially recorded deviations in individual bedside vital parameters that contribute to total Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) levels 2 or 3 and further clinical deterioration (MEWS level=4). ⋯ Findings might contribute to patient safety by facilitating appropriate clinical and organizational decisions on adequate time spans for early warning scoring in general ward patients.