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Implementation of Bedside Pediatric Early Warning Systems (PEWS)

NCT00961727 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2015-06-01

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Summary

Timely identification, referral and treatment of children who are clinically deteriorating while admitted to hospital wards is a fundamental element of inpatient care. In community hospitals, advantages including greater continuity of inpatient-outpatient care, improved geographic access for families, and lower healthcare system costs, may be undermined if children with evolving critical illness are not recognized and transferred in a timely manner. The Bedside Paediatric Early Warning System (Bedside PEWS) is a system of care designed to augment existing expertise and to provide a safety net for children who are clinically deteriorating while admitted to hospital wards. The Bedside PEWS is comprised of 4 components; \[1\] an expert derived, multi-centre validated severity of illness score, \[2\] an inter-professionally developed documentation record into which the severity of illness score is embedded, \[3\] a series of score-matched care recommendations based on the opinions of over 280 paediatric health care professionals, and \[4\] an educator-developed education-implementation program.

Conditions

  • Clinically Deteriorating Paediatric Patients

Interventions

OTHER

Bedside Paediatric Early Warning System (Bedside PEWS)

The Bedside PEWS is comprised of 4 components; \[1\] an expert derived, multi-centre validated severity of illness score, \[2\] an inter-professionally developed documentation record into which the severity of illness score is embedded, \[3\] a series of score-matched care recommendations based on the opinions of over 280 paediatric health care professionals, and \[4\] an educator-developed education-implementation program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christopher Parshuram, MD · The Hospital for Sick Children

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Day
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-06-30
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2008-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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