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  • Title: Implementation of the pediatric early warning scoring system on a pediatric hematology/oncology unit.
    Author: Demmel KM, Williams L, Flesch L.
    Journal: J Pediatr Oncol Nurs; 2010; 27(4):229-40. PubMed ID: 20190200.
    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.
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