Christina Kindole

Performance of Pediatric Early Warning Score and physician gestalt in predicting adverse events among critically ill patients in an Emergency Department in Tanzania

Introduction Critically ill pediatric patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) are highly susceptible to adverse events if timely interventions are not initiated. To predict such events, ED physicians may use the Pediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS) and/or clinical gestalt. PEWS has been validated in predic...