Figure 1.
The Cape Town MEWS.
Figure 2.
Record review flow chart.
Table 1.
Age of the sample.
Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of the sample.
Table 3.
Demographic data and type of surgery for the sample.
Table 4.
Patients1 with post-operative parameter recordings by group and responses to recoded single parameter MEWS in the first 8 post-operative hours.
Table 5.
Acuity of disturbed physiology (MEWS 1 to 3)† indicating readings that triggered and should have triggered reports in the first 8 post-operative hours.
Table 6.
Factors associated with mortality between return from operating room and post-operative day 7.