Targeted communication reduces the inappropriate use of Early Warning Scores in patients with treatment limitations

[摘要] Early Warning Scores (EWSs) use physiological parameters to create an aggregate scorealerting medical teams to patient deterioration, triggering referrals to critical careregardless of chronic health issues and physiological reserve.1 2 Consequently, in somepatients with persistently altered physiologyor patients who are not deemed suitable forescalation to critical care, EWS can be inappropriate resulting in the overmonitoring ofpatients and inappropriate contact of criticalcare.2 3 Guidelines state that in such circumstances routine recording of EWS can bestopped.

[学科分类] 药学

[关键词] quality improvement;communication;nurses