National Early Warning Score vs Rapid Response Team criteria-Prevalence, misclassification, and outcome.

Ola Friman Max BellTherese DjärvAndreas HvarfnerGabriella Jäderling

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2018)

Even with a mature RRT in place, we captured patients with failing physiology in general wards reflecting afferent limb failure. Manual calculation of NEWS is frequently incorrect, possibly leading to misclassification of patients at risk.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
quality improvement
risk factors
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis