Table 3.
The maximum Bedside Paediatric Early Warning System scores by retrospective nurse rating of surprise 'if your patient had a patient care emergency while you were on break'a
| Nurses' rating | All patients | Case patients | Control patients | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Degree of surprise | n | Maximum BPEWS score* | n | Maximum BPEWS scoreb | n | Maximum BPEWS scoreb | P value |
| Not at all (1) | 99 | 10 (7 to 14) | 94 | 10.5(7 to 14) | 5 | 2 (1 to 9) | 0.020 |
| Not very (2) | 179 | 8 (5 to 12) | 139 | 10 (6 to 13) | 40 | 4 (1.5 to 6) | < 0.0001 |
| Somewhat (3) | 203 | 5 (2 to 9) | 85 | 9 (5 to 12) | 118 | 3 (2 to 5) | < 0.0.001 |
| Very (4) | 601 | 2 (1 to 4) | 89 | 6 (3 to 9) | 512 | 2 (1 to 3) | < 0.0001 |
| Extremely (5) | 395 | 2 (1 to 3) | 31 | 5 (3 to 8) | 364 | 2 (1 to 3) | < 0.0001 |
| All | 1,477 | 3 (1 to 6) | 438 | 9 (5 to 12) | 1,039 | 2 (1 to 3) | < 0.0001 |
aData are from 1,477 children in admitted to inpatient wards of four university-affiliated hospitals. Bedside PEWS (BPEWS) scores were higher in case patients compared with all control patients in each surprise category. bMedian (IQR) score.