Improving Clinicians’ and Nurses’ Response to Abnormal Vital Signs in Hospital: The Roles of Modified Early Warning Scoring System and Rapid Response System
Olusola O. Akanbi, David A. Onilede, Moses L. Adeoti, Olawale A. Olakulehin, Najeem A. Idowu & Olusegun O. Olanipekun · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2017
Background: Most adverse events in hospitalised patients are often preceded by documented progressive deterioration of physiological parameters without appropriate responses. Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) is a simple physiological score that was developed to aid early recog...