Using the National Early Warning Score (NEWS/NEWS 2) in different Intensive Care Units (ICUs) to predict the discharge location of patients.
Hassan A ZaidiMohamed Bader-El-DenJames McNicholasPublished in: BMC public health (2019)
The NEWS has reasonable discrimination for any ICU patient's discharge location. The NEWS has greater ability to discriminate patients in the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) and Cardiac Surgery Recovery Unit (CSRU) compared to other ICU specialties. The NEWS has the real potential to be applied within a universal discharge planning tool for ICU, improving patient safety at the point of discharge.
Keyphrases
- intensive care unit
- patient safety
- end stage renal disease
- quality improvement
- cardiac surgery
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- healthcare
- mechanical ventilation
- prognostic factors
- coronary artery disease
- heart failure
- coronary artery
- acute kidney injury
- palliative care
- aortic valve
- risk assessment
- climate change
- patient reported
- pain management
- affordable care act