Individual Early Warning Score (I-EWS)

Launched by HERLEV HOSPITAL · Sep 27, 2018

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ClinConnect Summary

Every year more than 250,000 patients are admitted in the Capital Region of Denmark. During admissions, the clinical track and trigger system "Early Warning Score" (EWS) is used to systematically observe and detect acutely deteriorating patients. The system is designed to prevent serious adverse events like unanticipated transfer to the intensive care unit, cardiac arrest and unexpected death. EWS consists of standardized measurements of the patient's vital signs and an escalation protocol that determines further actions based on the aggregated EWS score. At admission, and as a minimum twic...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • All patients ≥18 years of age admitted more than 24 hours to a ward at participating hospitals will be included.
• • Participating hospitals are
• • Herlev \& Gentofte Hospital
• • Nordsjaellands Hospital
• • Bispebjerg Hospital
• • Rigshospitalet, Glostrup - Medical Ward
• • Amager \& Hvidovre Hospital
• • Zealand University Hospital
• • Slagelse Hospital
• • Holbaek Hospital
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Wards not using standard EWS, paediatric, obstetric and intensive, due to they use special variations (Pediatric early warning score, Obstetric Early warning Score or continous monitoring).