Population
76 patients who had been in hospital for at least 24 hours and had not undergone surgery within 24 hours of…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Until hospital discharge
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Ward monitoring may identify high-risk patients pre-ICU; leaves open whether earlier escalation improves survival.
Monitoring physiological values on hospital wards can identify seriously ill patients who may benefit from earlier expert treatment before ICU admission.
Goldhill et al. (1999) studied this question.