title: Implementation of the pediatric early warning scoring system on a pediatric hematology/oncology unit.
abstract: Despite improved outcomes for pediatric Hematology/Oncology patients over the past 15-20 years, sepsis and other acute events continue to cause serious illness in these children. Implementing a pediatric early warning scoring tool (PEWS) with an associated multi-disciplinary action algorithm in a pediatric Hematology/Oncology unit helped to remove barriers that prevented timely referral of children who are clinically deteriorating and requiring immediate help, enhanced multi-disciplinary team communication, and has led to a more than 3-fold increase in days between codes on the Hematology/Oncology unit.
authors.affiliation: Cincinnati Children's Hospital, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Demmel
authors.forename: Lucinda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Flesch
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002648:Child; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010372:Pediatrics