The National Early Warning Score predicts mortality in hospital ward patients with deviating vital signs: A retrospective medical record review study.

Aims and objectives: To evaluate whether the scale used for assessment of hospital ward patients could predict in‐hospital and 30‐day mortality amongst those with deviating vital signs; that is, that patients classified as medium or high risk would have increased risk of in‐hospital and 30‐day morta...

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Publicado en:Journal of Clinical Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Vol. 28; no. 7/8; pp. 1216 - 1223
Autores principales: Spångfors, Martin, Bunkenborg, Gitte, Molt, Mats, Samuelson, Karin
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Apr2019
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          Spångfors, Martin
          Bunkenborg, Gitte
          Molt, Mats
          Samuelson, Karin
        affil: Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund Sweden
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          Hospital Mortality Evaluation
          Early Diagnosis
          Vital Signs Evaluation
          Human
          Funding Source
          Inpatients
          Retrospective Design
          Record Review
          Scales
          Reference Values
          Logistic Regression
          Odds Ratio
          Confidence Intervals
          Heart Arrest
          Critical Care
          Prospective Studies
          Adult
          Monitoring, Physiologic
          Secondary Analysis
          Nonexperimental Studies
          Electronic Health Records
          Middle Age
          Aged
          Aged, 80 and Over
          Nonparametric Statistics
          Chi Square Test
          Mann-Whitney U Test
          ROC Curve
          Male
          Female
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Aged: 65+ years
          Aged, 80 & over
          Male
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      ab: Aims and objectives: To evaluate whether the scale used for assessment of hospital ward patients could predict in‐hospital and 30‐day mortality amongst those with deviating vital signs; that is, that patients classified as medium or high risk would have increased risk of in‐hospital and 30‐day mortality compared to patients with low risk. Background: The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) is a widely adopted scale for assessing deviating vital signs. A clinical risk scale that comes with the NEWS divides the risk for critical illness into three risk categories, low, medium and high. Design: Retrospective analysis of vital sign data. Methods: Logistic regression models for age‐adjusted in‐hospital and 30‐day mortality were used for analyses of 1,107 patients with deviating vital signs. Results: Patients classified as medium or high risk by NEWS experienced a 2.11 or 3.40 increase, respectively, in odds of in‐hospital death (95% CI: 1.27–3.51, p = 0.004% and 95% CI: 1.90–6.01, p < 0.001) compared to low‐risk patients. Moreover, those with NEWS medium or high risk were associated with a 1.98 or 3.19 increase, respectively, in odds of 30‐day mortality (95% CI: 1.32–2.97, p = 0.001% and 95% CI: 1.97–5.18, p < 0.001). Conclusion: The NEWS risk classification seems to be a reliable predictor of mortality on patients in hospital wards. Relevance to clinical practice: The NEWS risk classification offers a simple way to identify deteriorating patients and can aid the healthcare staff to prioritise amongst patients.
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