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01-02-2006 | Poster presentation
Evaluation of available data on physiological track and trigger warning systems
Authors:
H Gao, D Harrison, S Adam, K Daly, D Goldhill, G Parry, A Rashidian, C Subbe, S Harvey
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 1/2006
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Excerpt
Physiological track and trigger warning systems (TTs) use periodic observation of vital signs (tracking) with predetermined criteria (trigger) for requesting attendance of a senior clinician or critical care outreach team (CCOT). There has been a proliferation of such systems in recent years, but with little formal evaluation. There is no clear evidence identifying an ideal system for timely recognition of critically ill patients. …