[Early warning scores: a rapid umbrella review].

Journal: Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin
Published Date: Jun 27, 2025

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Early warning scores (EWS) are used for monitoring and evaluating vital signs in hospitalized patients. With EWS, escalating measures for monitoring, consultation, and admission to intensive care units (ICU) can be initiated based on point values, potentially improving patient outcomes, (mostly mortality, ICU admission, sepsis, cardiac arrest). It remains unclear in which areas the implementation of EWS is most appropriate.

Authors

  • Peter Nydahl
    University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Nursing Research and Development, Kiel, Germany; Nursing Science and Development, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria. Electronic address: Peter.Nydahl@uksh.de.
  • Marie-Madlen Jeitziner
    Universitätsklinik für Intensivmedizin, Universitätsspital Bern (Inselspital), Universität Bern, Bern, Schweiz.
  • Susanne Krotsetis
    University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany.
  • Koroush Kabir
    Klinik für Unfallchirurgie, Orthopädie und Sportmedizin, Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Deutschland.
  • Ralf Kuhlen
    Helios Health, Berlin, Germany.
  • Jan-Peter Braun
    Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Martin Luther Krankenhaus, Berlin, Deutschland.

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