Validity and effectiveness of paediatric early warning systems and track and trigger tools for identifying and reducing clinical deterioration in hospitalised children: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess (1) how well validated existing paediatric track and trigger tools (PTTT) are for predicting adverse outcomes in hospitalised children, and (2) how effective broader paediatric early warning systems are at reducing adverse outcomes in hospitalised children.

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

British Nursing Index, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, EMBASE, Health Management Information Centre, Medline, Medline in Process, Scopus and Web of Knowledge searched through May 2018.

Eligibility criteria

We included (1) papers reporting on the development or validation of a PTTT or (2) the implementation of a broader early wa

SUBMITTER: Trubey R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6502038 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature