title: Translation and adaptation of a pediatric early warning score.
abstract: to translate and adapt the BPEWS for the Portuguese language, with the purpose of verifying its applicability in the Brazilian context studied.
  methodological study guided by international and nationally accepted recommendations for translation and adaptation of health measurement instruments. Stages of conceptual, item, semantic, operational and pre-test equivalence are described for obtaining the BPEWS Portuguese version to be used in Brazil.
  the BPEWS version translated and adapted for Brazilian Portuguese (BPEWS-Br) identified, in the pilot study, that 26.6% of children were presenting warning signs for clinical deterioration.
  the BPEWS-Br seems to be applicable for the context studied, and its use might help nurses in the recognition and documentation of warning signs for clinical deterioration in hospitalized Brazilian children.
authors: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Escola de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Salvador-BA, Brasil.|Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Departamento de Saúde. Feira de Santana-BA, Brasil.
authors: Juliana de Oliveira Freitas
authors: JO
authors: Miranda
authors: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Escola de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Salvador-BA, Brasil.
authors: Climene Laura de
authors: CL
authors: Camargo
authors: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Escola de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Salvador-BA, Brasil.|Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Departamento de Saúde. Feira de Santana-BA, Brasil.
authors: Carlito Lopes
authors: CL
authors: Nascimento
authors: Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Curso de Medicina. Santo Antônio de Jesus-BA, Brasil.
authors: Daniel Sales
authors: DS
authors: Portela
authors: University of Brighton, Scholl of Nursing. Willingdon, United Kingdom.
authors: Alan
authors: A
authors: Monaghan
authors: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Departamento de Saúde. Feira de Santana-BA, Brasil.
authors: Katia Santana
authors: KS
authors: Freitas
authors: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Departamento de Saúde. Feira de Santana-BA, Brasil.|Governo do Estado da Bahia, Secretaria da Saúde, Hospital Estadual da Criança. Feira de Santana-BA, Brasil.
authors: Renata Fonseca
authors: RF
authors: Mendoza
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D062072:Patient Acuity; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index