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'Errors' and omissions in paper-based early warning scores: the association with changes in vital signs-a database analysis.
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OBJECTIVES: To understand factors associated with errors using an established paper-based early warning score (EWS) system. We investigated the types of error, where they are most likely to occur, and whether 'errors' can predict subsequent changes in patient vital signs. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected early warning system database from a single large UK teaching hospital. RESULTS: 16 795 observation sets, from 200 postsurgical patients, were collected. Incomplete ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Version:
- Publisher's version
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- 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007376
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Biomedical Research Centre Programme (Oxford)
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- BMJ open Journal website
- Volume:
- 5
- Issue:
- 7
- Pages:
- e007376
- Publication date:
- 2015-01-05
- DOI:
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2044-6055
- ISSN:
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2044-6055
- URN:
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uuid:659fd3a0-6da4-4c27-bd86-423e3fa625ce
- Source identifiers:
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531480
- Local pid:
- pubs:531480
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- English
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- Copyright holder:
- Clifton et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2015
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- This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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