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In their EMJ publication, Coterrill et al1 report on the ability of two paediatric early warning scores (PEWS): the Pennine Acute Trust Paediatric Observation Priority Score (PAT-POPS) and the Manchester Children’s Early Warning System (ManChEWS) to predict hospital admission for children presenting to their ED, with illnesses and injuries.

While the ManChEWS system simply uses six physiological triggers in a binary fas…

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Paediatric early warning systems (PEWS) in the ED