Value study of National Early Warning Score in the emergency pre-screening assessment of elderly patients / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the correlation between the UK National Early Warning Score (NEWS) and emergency elderly patients within six hours' outcomes,study the value of NEWS in the prescreening assessment of elderly patients.Methods 213 cases of emergency elderly patients were selected as a sample,and were evaluated with NEWS pre-check.Then we tracked patients' outcomes within six hours were analyzed the correlation between the two.Results With NEWS score increased,the salvage rate and fatality rate were increased.Conclusions NEWS shows independent predictive value in the pre-screening assessment of the emergency system,and should be widely applied in it.