Daniel Keszthelyi

models@cambiocds.com

Cambio Healthcare Systems

Determines the degree of illness of a patient and prompts critical care intervention (recommended by NHS over original NEWS).

The Royal College of Physicians recommends the NEWS2 in the following settings: * Emergency: for initial assessment, serial monitoring, and assessment for triage. * Ward: for initial inpatient assessment and serial monitoring. * Prehospital: for communication of illness severity to receiving hospitals.

Do not use in children <16 years old or pregnant patients. May not be reliable in patients with spinal cord injury due to functional disturbance of autonomic responses.

[1] Royal College of Physicians. National Early Warning Score (NEWS) 2: Standardising the assessment of acute-illness severity in the NHS. Updated report of a working party. London: RCP, 2017.

openEHR-EHR-OBSERVATION.blood_pressure, openEHR-EHR-OBSERVATION.indirect_oximetry, openEHR-EHR-OBSERVATION.pulse, openEHR-EHR-OBSERVATION.body_temperature, openEHR-EHR-OBSERVATION.respiration, openEHR-EHR-OBSERVATION.news2, openEHR-EHR-EVALUATION.news2_assessment