Effect of implementing the NEWS2 escalation protocol in a large acute NHS trust: a retrospective cohort analysis of mortality, workload and ability of early warning score to predict death within 24 hours
Objectives To describe the inpatient population, establish patterns in admission and mortality over a 4-year period in different cohorts and assess the prognostic ability and workload implications of introducing the National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) and associated escalation protocol.Design Ret...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2022-11-01
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Series: | BMJ Open |
Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/11/e064579.full |