Development of the national Dutch PEWS: the challenge against heterogeneity and implementation difficulties of PEWS in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For the early recognition of deteriorating patients several Pediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS) systems have been developed with the assumption that early detection can prevent further deterioration. Although PEWS are widely being used in hospitals in the Netherlands, there is no national consensus on which score to use and how to embed the score into a PEWS system. This resulted in a substantial heterogeneity of PEWS systems, of which many are unvalidated or self-designed. The primary objective of this study was to develop a pragmatic consensus-based PEWS system that can be utilized in all Dutch hospitals (University Medical Centers, teaching hospitals, and general hospitals).

Methods

This study is an iterative mixed-methods study. The methods from the Core Outc

SUBMITTER: Fuijkschot J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10405440 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature