Pediatric Early Warning System na Unidade de Internamento de Curta Duração

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 U...

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Main Authors: Miguel Paiva Pereira, Paula Poção, Hugo de Castro Faria
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Language:English
Published: José de Mello Saúde 2023-09-01
Series:Gazeta Médica
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Online Access:https://gazetamedica.pt/index.php/gazeta/article/view/539
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Paula Poção
Hugo de Castro Faria
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description 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<0.001). The area under the ROC curve was 0.947. Defining 4 as cut-off value, the sensitivity is 97.1% (specificity 82.7%). CONCLUSION: This score proved to be a good test for early identification of clinical deterioration in our population.
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spelling doaj.art-e2a35372bc2d4f3ba04ce7c5cec082e82023-09-22T09:18:05ZengJosé de Mello SaúdeGazeta Médica2183-81352184-06282023-09-0111Pediatric Early Warning System na Unidade de Internamento de Curta DuraçãoMiguel Paiva Pereira0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3783-6114Paula Poção1Hugo de Castro Faria2Centro da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital CUF Descobertas, Lisbon, Portugal.Centro da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital CUF Descobertas, Lisbon, Portugal.Centro da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital CUF Descobertas, Lisbon, Portugal. 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<0.001). The area under the ROC curve was 0.947. Defining 4 as cut-off value, the sensitivity is 97.1% (specificity 82.7%). CONCLUSION: This score proved to be a good test for early identification of clinical deterioration in our population. https://gazetamedica.pt/index.php/gazeta/article/view/539ChildClinical DeteriorationEarly Warning ScoreEmergency Service, Hospital
spellingShingle Miguel Paiva Pereira
Paula Poção
Hugo de Castro Faria
Pediatric Early Warning System na Unidade de Internamento de Curta Duração
Gazeta Médica
Child
Clinical Deterioration
Early Warning Score
Emergency Service, Hospital
title Pediatric Early Warning System na Unidade de Internamento de Curta Duração
title_full Pediatric Early Warning System na Unidade de Internamento de Curta Duração
title_fullStr Pediatric Early Warning System na Unidade de Internamento de Curta Duração
title_full_unstemmed Pediatric Early Warning System na Unidade de Internamento de Curta Duração
title_short Pediatric Early Warning System na Unidade de Internamento de Curta Duração
title_sort pediatric early warning system na unidade de internamento de curta duracao
topic Child
Clinical Deterioration
Early Warning Score
Emergency Service, Hospital
url https://gazetamedica.pt/index.php/gazeta/article/view/539
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