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Early warning scoring systems versus standard observations charts for wards in South Africa: a cluster randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: On South African public hospital wards, observation charts do not incorporate early warning scoring (EWS) systems to inform nurses when to summon assistance. The aim of this trial was to test the impact of a new chart incorporating a modified EWS (MEWS) system and a linked training progr...

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Autores principales: Kyriacos, Una, Jelsma, Jennifer, James, Michael, Jordan, Sue
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4374204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25872794
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-0624-2