Modified early warning score: evaluation of trauma patients.

Conclusion:: the start point of MEWS was 2 to 3 points, with significant increase in the severity of the situation of patients seen after 6 hours, and approximately half of the individuals underwent surgery, indicating that the scale is a good predictor of severity.
PMID: 27783733 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem - August 31, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Rocha TF, Neves JG, Viegas K Tags: Rev Bras Enferm Source Type: research