Background Early warning scores are widely used to identify deteriorating patients. Whilst
their ability to predict clinical outcomes has been extensively reviewed, there has been no …

BACKGROUND: Death and anoxic brain injury from unrecognized postoperative respiratory
depression (PORD) is a serious concern for patient safety. The American Patient Safety …

BACKGROUND: The incidence, severity, and duration of postoperative oxygen desaturation
in the general surgical population are poorly characterized. We therefore used continuous …

Background Continuous vital signs monitoring on general hospital wards may allow earlier
detection of patient deterioration and improve patient outcomes. This systematic review will …

Background Patients undergoing major surgery are at risk of complications, so‐called
serious adverse events (SAE). Continuous monitoring may detect deteriorating patients by …

Objective Delayed response to clinical deterioration as a result of intermittent vital sign
monitoring is a cause of preventable morbidity and mortality. This review focuses on the …

Continuous electronic monitoring of patient respiratory status frequently includes PetCO 2
(end tidal CO 2), RR (respiration rate), SpO 2 (arterial oxygen saturation), and PR (pulse …

Respiratory depression is common in patients recovering from surgery and anaesthesia.
Failure to recognise and lack of timely institution of intervention can lead to catastrophic …

Unrecognized changes in patients' vital signs can result in preventable deaths in
hospitalized patients. Few publications or studies instituting routine patient monitoring have …

Objectives This report presents up-to-date evidence and expert consensus-based revisions
to the ASPMN 2011 guidelines that inform interprofessional clinical decision-making for …