The development, validation and testing of a vital signs monitoring tool for early identification of deterioration in adult surgical patients

Patients often exhibit premonitory abnormalities in vital signs before an adverse clinical outcome. Patient survival may depend on the decisions of nurses to call for assistance. There is a paucity of published early warning scores (EWS) literature for general ward use from South Africa. In a public...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kyriacos, Una
Other Authors: Jelsma, Jennifer
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11688