Prospective Evaluation of a Pediatric Inpatient Early Warning Scoring System
Open Access
- 1 April 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing
- Vol. 14 (2), 79-85
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6155.2008.00178.x
Abstract
The present study evaluated the use of the Pediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS) for detecting clinical deterioration among hospitalized children. A prospective, descriptive study design was used. The tool was used to score 2,979 patients admitted to a single medical unit of a pediatric hospital over a 12-month period. PEWS discriminated between children who required transfer to the pediatric intensive care unit and those who did not require transfer (area under the curve = 0.89, 95% CI = 0.84-0.94, p < .001). The PEWS tool was found to be a reliable and valid scoring system to identify children at risk for clinical deterioration.Keywords
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