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Using quality improvement to standardise and enhance the use of the national early warning score (NEWS) in an old age psychiatry inpatient setting

AIMS: Within an inpatient old-age psychiatry setting, there is an increased risk of acute physical deterioration secondary to age, comorbidities and reduced physiological reserve. Numerous recent clinical incidents highlighted late recognition of physical deterioration within this population. We ass...

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Autores principales: MacNicoll, Fraser, Tung, Mong Sun, McGowan, Brion
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8771418/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2021.153

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