Comparison of Mortality Among HDU Patients With Modified Early Warning Score Cutoff of 5

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

145 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-12-06

Study Completion Date

2019-12-06

Brief Summary

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Early categorization of critically ill patients by calculating MEWS score in hospitals may give a time window for appropriate steps. If a patient is suffering from sepsis, timely intravenous fluids, early antibiotics and monitoring in a low resource country like Pakistan, may have a great impact. Therefore, the current research is planned to early identify critically ill patients by applying MEWS and reducing the mortality by providing early management and taking appropriate life saving measures.

Objective: To compare frequency of mortality on 7th day of admission in HDU patients with Modified Early Warning Score at the time of admission of \< 5 \& ≥ 5.

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Detailed Description

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Early recognition and immediate resuscitation are fundamentals of successful management of all critically ill patients if they are suffering from infection and sepsis, malnutrition, AIDS, trauma, diabetes mellitus, drug overdose, and poisoning. In most, seriously ill patients, initial diagnosis may not be clear and immediate objective is to save the life and reverse or prevent vital organ damage e.g. brain, lungs, liver and kidneys. A rapid identifying, low cost method called as Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) that utilize easy to measure physiological parameters such as vital signs and level of consciousness can be used to identify critical illness, facilitate early intervention and predict mortality. MEWS values range from 0 to maximum 14, higher scores mean greater hemodynamic instability. A score of 5 or more identifies a patient to be critically ill and is associated with increased risk of ICU admission and death. The negative predictive value of early warning MEWS \< 3 was 98.1%, indicating the reliability of this score as a screening tool MEWS (modified early warning score) is a reliable screening tool to identify critically ill patients early and to act timely to improve outcomes in health care and prevent adverse events like cardiac arrest, renal failure. A study performed in Uganda on sepsis patients demonstrated that early IV fluid and antibiotic therapy together with vital sign monitoring was associated with lowered 30-day mortality.

Rationale: Early categorization of critically ill patients by calculating MEWS score in hospitals may give a time window for appropriate steps. If a patient is suffering from sepsis, timely intravenous fluids, early antibiotics and monitoring in a low resource country like Pakistan, may have a great impact. Therefore, the current research is planned to early identify critically ill patients by applying MEWS and reducing the mortality by providing early management and taking appropriate life saving measures.

Conditions

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Critical Illness Morality

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Group-A

Patients with Modified Early Warning Score of ≥ 5

Modified Early Warning Score

Intervention Type OTHER

Modified Early Warning Score

Group-B

Patients with Modified Early Warning Score of \< 5

Modified Early Warning Score

Intervention Type OTHER

Modified Early Warning Score

Interventions

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Modified Early Warning Score

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* admitted in high dependency unit (HDU) of Medical Unit-II

Exclusion Criteria

* Neurosurgical trauma clinically assessed
* Orthopedics or general surgery trauma patients clinically assessed
* Obstetrics patients clinically assessed

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No