Bedside vital parameters that indicate early deterioration.

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to determine associations between initially recorded deviations in individual bedside vital parameters that contribute to total Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) levels 2 or 3 and further clinical deterioration (MEWS level=4).Design/methodology/approach: This...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance (09526862) Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 262 - 273
Autores principales: Bunkenborg, Gitte, Poulsen, Ingrid, Samuelson, Karin, Ladelund, Steen, Akeson, Jonas
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Emerald Publishing Limited 2019
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          Bunkenborg, Gitte
          Poulsen, Ingrid
          Samuelson, Karin
          Ladelund, Steen
          Akeson, Jonas
        affil: Department of Anaesthesiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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          Hospital Mortality
          Disease Progression
          Academic Medical Centers
          Vital Signs
          Length of Stay
          Adult
          Inpatients
          Middle Age
          Denmark
          Male
          Aged
          Aged, 80 and Over
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          Logistic Regression
          Cox Proportional Hazards Model
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          Time Factors
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          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Aged: 65+ years
          Aged, 80 & over
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      ab: Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to determine associations between initially recorded deviations in individual bedside vital parameters that contribute to total Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) levels 2 or 3 and further clinical deterioration (MEWS level=4).Design/methodology/approach: This was a prospective study in which 27,504 vital parameter values, corresponding to a total MEWS level⩾2, belonging to 1,315 adult medical and surgical inpatient patients admitted to a 90-bed study setting at a university hospital, were subjected to binary logistic and COX regression analyses to determine associations between vital parameter values initially corresponding to total MEWS levels 2 or 3 and later deterioration to total MEWS level ⩾4, and to evaluate corresponding time intervals.Findings: Respiratory rate, heart rate and patient age were significantly ( p=0.012, p<0.001 and p=0.028, respectively) associated with further deterioration from a total MEWS level 2, and the heart rate also ( p=0.009) from a total MEWS level 3. Within 24 h from the initially recorded total MEWS levels 2 or 3, 8 and 17 percent of patients, respectively, deteriorated to a total MEWS level=4. Patients initially scoring MEWS 2 had a 27 percent 30-day mortality rate if they later scored MEWS level=4, and 8.7 percent if they did not.Practical Implications: It is important to observe all patients closely, but especially elderly patients, if total MEWS levels 2 or 3 are tachypnoea and/or tachycardia related.Originality/value: Findings might contribute to patient safety by facilitating appropriate clinical and organizational decisions on adequate time spans for early warning scoring in general ward patients.
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