Validity of the Pediatric Early Warning Score and the Bedside Pediatric Early Warning Score in Classifying Patients Who Require the Resources of a Higher Level Pediatric Hospital.

CONCLUSION: In the prehospital setting neither PEWS nor BPEWS exhibited sufficient sensitivity for clinical use to accurately identify children who need a hospital with higher level pediatric resources. Further research should be conducted to identify variables that are captured by prehospital care providers and are associated with children who need a hospital with higher level pediatric resources. PMID: 31339430 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31339430?dopt=Abstract

Source: Prehospital Emergency Care - July 26, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Prehosp Emerg Care Source Type: research