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Variables associated with unplanned general adult ICU admission in hospitalised patients: protocol for a systematic review

BACKGROUND: Failure to promptly identify deterioration in hospitalised patients is associated with delayed admission to intensive care units (ICUs) and poor outcomes. Existing vital sign-based Early Warning Score (EWS) algorithms do not have a sufficiently high positive predictive value to be used f...

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Autores principales: Malycha, James, Bonnici, Tim, Sebekova, Katarina, Petrinic, Tatjana, Young, Duncan, Watkinson, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5370455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28351424
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-017-0456-0