dc.contributor.author | Durusu Tanriover, Mine | |
dc.contributor.author | Halacli, Burcin | |
dc.contributor.author | Sait, Bilgin | |
dc.contributor.author | Ocal, Serpil | |
dc.contributor.author | Topeli, Arzu | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-10T11:11:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-12-10T11:11:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1300-0144 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.3906/sag-1411-101 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11655/14968 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background/aim: To analyze the potency of a modified early warning score (EWS) to help predict hospital mortality when used for surveillance in nonacute medical wards. Materials and methods: Patients in internal medicine wards were prospectively recruited. First, highest, and last scores; and mean daily score recordings and values were recorded. Nurses calculated scores for each patient upon admission and every 4 h. The last score was the score before death, discharge, or transfer to another ward. The highest scores in total and for each single parameter were used for analysis. 9 Results: Fifty-nine percent of 182 recruited patients had recordings eligible for data analysis. Patients admitted from the emergency room had higher mortality rates than patients admitted from outpatient clinics (15% vs. 1.5%; P = 0.01) as well as patients whose first (40% vs. 4.9%; P = 0.033) and highest scores (18.8% vs. 1.3%; P = 0.003) were equal to or more than 3. The first recorded EWS was not predictive for mortality while the maximum score during the admission period was. Conclusion: This study underlines the fact that each physiological variable of EWS may not have the same weight in determining the outcome. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Tubitak Scientific & Technical Research Council Turkey | |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.3906/sag-1411-101 | |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.subject | General & Internal Medicine | |
dc.title | Daily Surveillance With Early Warning Scores Help Predict Hospital Mortality In Medical Wards | |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | |
dc.relation.journal | Turkish Journal Of Medical Sciences | |
dc.contributor.department | İç Hastalıkları | |
dc.identifier.volume | 46 | |
dc.identifier.issue | 6 | |
dc.identifier.startpage | 1786 | |
dc.identifier.endpage | 1791 | |
dc.description.index | WoS | |
dc.description.index | Scopus | |