Review and performance evaluation of aggregate weighted 'track and trigger'systems

GB Smith, DR Prytherch, PE Schmidt, PI Featherstone - Resuscitation, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: There is no up-to-date literature review of physiologically based, aggregate
weighted 'track and trigger'systems (AWTTS) and few data on their predictive ability for …

A review, and performance evaluation, of single-parameter “track and trigger” systems

GB Smith, DR Prytherch, PE Schmidt, PI Featherstone… - Resuscitation, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: There is no up-to-date literature review of physiologically-based, single-
parameter weighted “track and trigger” systems (SPTTS) and little data on their sensitivity …

[HTML][HTML] Health technology assessment review: Remote monitoring of vital signs-current status and future challenges

V Nangalia, DR Prytherch, GB Smith - Critical Care, 2010 - Springer
Recent developments in communications technologies and associated computing and
digital electronics now permit patient data, including routine vital signs, to be surveyed at a …

The ability of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) to discriminate patients at risk of early cardiac arrest, unanticipated intensive care unit admission, and death

GB Smith, DR Prytherch, P Meredith, PE Schmidt… - Resuscitation, 2013 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: Early warning scores (EWS) are recommended as part of the early
recognition and response to patient deterioration. The Royal College of Physicians …

ViEWS—towards a national early warning score for detecting adult inpatient deterioration

DR Prytherch, GB Smith, PE Schmidt, PI Featherstone - Resuscitation, 2010 - Elsevier
AIM OF STUDY: To develop a validated, paper-based, aggregate weighted track and trigger
system (AWTTS) that could serve as a template for a national early warning score (EWS) for …

Hospital-wide physiological surveillance–a new approach to the early identification and management of the sick patient

GB Smith, DR Prytherch, P Schmidt, PI Featherstone… - Resuscitation, 2006 - Elsevier
Hospitalised patients, who suffer cardiac arrest and require unanticipated intensive care unit
(ICU) admission or die, often exhibit premonitory abnormalities in vital signs. Sometimes, the …

Patterns in the recording of vital signs and early warning scores: compliance with a clinical escalation protocol

C Hands, E Reid, P Meredith, GB Smith… - BMJ quality & …, 2013 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Background The recognition of patient deterioration depends largely on identifying
abnormal vital signs, yet little is known about the daily pattern of vital signs measurement …

Calculating early warning scores—a classroom comparison of pen and paper and hand-held computer methods

DR Prytherch, GB Smith, P Schmidt, PI Featherstone… - Resuscitation, 2006 - Elsevier
To assist in the early detection of critical illness, many hospitals now use a “track and trigger”
system that allocates points to routine vital signs measurements on the basis of their …

Impact of introducing an electronic physiological surveillance system on hospital mortality

PE Schmidt, P Meredith, DR Prytherch… - BMJ quality & …, 2015 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Background Avoidable hospital mortality is often attributable to inadequate patient vital signs
monitoring, and failure to recognise or respond to clinical deterioration. The processes …

A comparison of the quick sequential (sepsis-related) organ failure assessment score and the national early warning score in non-ICU patients with/without infection

OC Redfern, GB Smith, DR Prytherch… - Critical care …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: The Sepsis-3 task force recommended the quick Sequential (Sepsis-Related)
Organ Failure Assessment score for identifying patients with suspected infection who are at …