Table 6. Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) and Hospital Mortality.
MEWS variables | Survival (n = 98) | Non-survival (n = 282) | p value |
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MEWS24 | 2.0 ± 1.1 | 2.6 ± 1.5 | <0.01 |
Low (≤2) | 71 (72.4) | 153 (54.3) | <0.01 |
Intermediate (3–4) | 22 (22.4) | 102 (36.2) | 0.24 |
High (≥5) | 5 (15.6) | 27 (9.6) | 0.21 |
MEWS16 | 2.0 ± 1.2 | 2.7 ± 1.6 | <0.01 |
Low (≤2) | 72 (73.5) | 151 (53.5) | 0.06 |
Intermediate (3–4) | 22 (22.4) | 94 (33.3) | <0.01 |
High (≥5) | 4 (4.1) | 37 (13.1) | 0.01 |
MEWS8 | 2.7 ± 1.9 | 3.4 ± 2.0 | <0.01 |
Low (≤2) | 59 (60.2) | 113 (40.1) | <0.01 |
Intermediate (3–4) | 23 (23.5) | 85 (30.1) | 0.01 |
High (≥5) | 16 (16.3) | 84 (29.8) | 0.01 |
Increasing MEWS | 42 (42.9) | 136 (48.2) | 0.41 |
Values are expressed as mean with standard deviation or n (%). MEWS24, MEWS in the 16–24 hrs prior to cardiac arrest; MEWS16, MEWS in the 8–16 hrs prior to cardiac arrest; MEWS8, MEWS in the 0–8hrs prior to cardiac arrest.