Journal article
Development and Validation of Early Warning Criteria to Identify Escalated Care Events in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify and validate the diagnostic utility of a set of clinical and laboratory criteria (early warning criteria [EWC]) that portend a clinical deterioration event (escalated care event [ECE]) in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients.
STUDY DESIGN: Using the RAND appropriateness method, we first established a consensus on seven ECE, that is, events that require additional monitoring, treatment, or stay in …
Authors
Shivananda S; Twiss J; Paterson D; Dyck G; Becker S; Razack A; Gupta S; Dutta S; Suresh G
Journal
American Journal of Perinatology, Vol. 37, No. 07, pp. 754–761
Publisher
Thieme
Publication Date
June 2020
DOI
10.1055/s-0039-1688997
ISSN
0735-1631