{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["21(1)"],"submitter":["Mills D"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Pediatric Early Warning Scores (PEWS) are nurse-administered clinical assessment tools utilizing vital signs and patient signs and symptoms to screen for patients at risk for clinical deterioration.<sup>1-3</sup> When utilizing a PEWS system, which consists of an escalation algorithm to alert physicians of high risk patients requiring a bedside evaluation and assessment, studies have demonstrated that PEWS systems can decrease pediatric intensive care (PICU) utilization, in-hospital cardiac arrests, and overall decreased mortality in high income settings. Yet, many hospital based settings in low and lower middle income countries (LMIC) lack systems in place for early identification of patients at risk for clinical deterioration.<h4>Methods</h4>A contextually adapted 16-h"],"journal":["BMC health services research"],"pagination":["1159"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8549265"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Implementation of a pediatric early warning score tool in a pediatric oncology Ward in Palestine."],"pmcid":["PMC8549265"],"pubmed_authors":["Qattush K","Salman Z","Schmid A","Al Nasser A","Niescierenko M","Monuteaux MC","Mills D","Najajreh M","Awwad Y","Hudgins J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Implementation of a pediatric early warning score tool in a pediatric oncology Ward in Palestine.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Pediatric Early Warning Scores (PEWS) are nurse-administered clinical assessment tools utilizing vital signs and patient signs and symptoms to screen for patients at risk for clinical deterioration.<sup>1-3</sup> When utilizing a PEWS system, which consists of an escalation algorithm to alert physicians of high risk patients requiring a bedside evaluation and assessment, studies have demonstrated that PEWS systems can decrease pediatric intensive care (PICU) utilization, in-hospital cardiac arrests, and overall decreased mortality in high income settings. Yet, many hospital based settings in low and lower middle income countries (LMIC) lack systems in place for early identification of patients at risk for clinical deterioration.<h4>Methods</h4>A contextually adapted 16-h","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Oct","modification":"2025-04-04T09:38:00.746Z","creation":"2025-04-04T09:38:00.746Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8549265","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34702268"],"doi":["10.1186/s12913-021-07157-x"]}}