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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2019 Nov;47(11):1477–1484. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000003803

Table 3.

Effect of Early Warning System 2.0 on Patient Care

Change In Management, n (%) Provider (n=107) Nurse (n=178) P-value
Any change in management 10 (9) 54 (30) <0.001
 Bedside rounding frequency was increased 6 (60) 32 (59)
 Vital sign check frequency was increased 1 (10) 19 (35)
 New diagnostic tests were ordered 0 (0) 25 (46)
 New therapeutic interventions were started 0 (0) 5 (9)
 New diagnoses were considered 0 (0) 14 (26)
 Goal of care discussions were initiated 1 (10) 1 (2)
 A rapid response was called 0 (0) 3 (6)
 The patient was transferred to the ICU 5 (50) 6 (11)

Results are reported as number of responses for each item divided by the total number of respondents. Because clinicians could select more than one response, percentages may add up to greater than 100%.