Pediatric Advanced Warning System (PAWS)

Purpose: To evaluate a pediatric patient in the Emergency Department using the Pediatric Advanced Warning Scoring (PAWS) system of Egdell et al.

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Evaluation

Are you evaluating a pediatric patient in the Emergency Department?

Yes

Age of the patient

years

Oxygen saturation

percent

Temperature

Capillary refill time

seconds

Respiratory rate

breaths per minute

Heart rate

beats per minute

FIO2 (enter from 21 to 100%)

percent

Systolic blood pressure

mm Hg

Diastolic blood pressure

mm Hg

Blood glucose

Pain score from none (0) to worse imaginable (10)

Select an appropriate answer for each finding

Work of breathing

Neurologic status

Results

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

PAWs

Is the patient at risk?

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
Clinical Diagnosis, Including Family History For Genetics
Laboratory Tests
- Basic Metabolic Profile (BMP) Risk Score (Intermountain Risk Score)
Other Testing
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
Complications
Differential Diagnosis And Mimics, Red Flags
Failure Handling, When To Refer

Therapy

Options
- Patient-At-Risk Early Warning Score
Selection
Failure Handling And Therapy Escalation
- Patient-At-Risk Early Warning Score
Prevention

Monitoring

Response To Therapy
- Vital Sign Score (VSS) for Evaluating a Patient in the ED
Adverse Effects
- Vital Sign Score (VSS) for Evaluating a Patient in the ED
Disease Progression
Complication Detection
- Modified Early Warning Score for a Hospital Inpatient
- Neonatal Trigger Score (NTS)

Societal Concerns

Economic Cost
- Ambulatory Severity Index (ASI)
- Patient Severity Index (PSI)
Public Health

Objective

risk factors
criteria for diagnosis

ICD-10

I46 - Cardiac arrest

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Purpose: To evaluate a pediatric patient in the Emergency Department using the Pediatric Advanced Warning Scoring (PAWS) system of Egdell et al.

Objective: risk factors, criteria for diagnosis

ICD-10: I46,

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