title: [EICS (Extended Intensive Care Service): looking outside the ICU].
abstract: Early warning systems (EWS) identify patients at risk with a view to improving morbidity and mortality rates using early therapeutic and transfer actions. We have recently implemented an EWS that focuses on two main aspects: the guidance of care after discharge from the ICU, and recognition of the onset of deteriorating health among adult patients in general wards through physiologically based early warning scores.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, España. sholanda@humv.es
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Holanda Peña
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Domínguez Artiga
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ots Ruiz
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Lorda de los Ríos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castellanos Ortega
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ortiz Melón
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units