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Table 2 Comparison of real alert of the on-call doctor versus the predicted EWS trigger

From: Improving recognition of patients at risk in a Portuguese general hospital: results from a preliminary study on the early warning score

Time window (h)

EWS ≥ 3

On-call doctor alert

Δ (%)

−72

21/45 (46.7%)

3/43 (7.0%)

39.7

−24

30/59 (50.1%)

4/59 (6.8%)

43.3

−12

50/65 (76.9%)

23/65 (35.4%)

41.5