Predictive powers of the Modified Early Warning Score and the National Early Warning Score in general ward patients who activated the medical emergency team.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The current early warning scores may be insufficient for medical emergency teams (METs) to use in assessing the severity and the prognosis of activated patients. We evaluated the predictive powers of the Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) and the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) for 28-day mortality and to analyze predictors of 28-day mortality in general ward patients who activate the MET. METHODS:Adult general ward inpatients who activated the MET in a tertiary referral teaching hospital between March 2009 and December 2016 were included. The demographic and clinical characteristics and physiologic parameters at the time of MET activation were collected, and MEWS and NEWS were calculated. RESULTS:A total of 6,729 MET activation events were analyzed. Patients who died withi

SUBMITTER: Ahn JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7224474 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature