Patient Deterioration in Australian Regional and Rural Hospitals: Is the Queensland Adult Deterioration Detection System the Criterion Standard?

Conclusions At present, there is insufficient evidence to replace Q-ADDS with an alternative EWS. Because the EWSs were only able to identify half of the deteriorating patients, EWSs should be used in conjunction with good clinical judgment.
Source: Journal of Patient Safety - Category: Health Management Tags: Original Studies Source Type: research