| dc.description.abstract | Background. High morbidity and mortality rates in pediatric patients indicate the
necessity of Pediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS) capable of early clinical
deterioration identification and providing opportunity for healthcare professionals
to promptly manage patients. Objective. To determine the emergency profile of
pediatric patients based on PEWS in Emergency Department of RSUP H. Adam
Malik, Medan 2022. Methods. This study utilized descriptive method with crosssectional
design and consecutive sampling technique with 119 research samples.
Results. The majority of gender was male (54.6%), the majority of age group was
1-4 years old (37.8%), the majority of nutritional status was good nutrition
(53.8%), the majority of disease group was infection (31.1%). Both male and female
majority had green PEWS (54.6%) and (45.4%), majority of patients with age
range of 1 month to 5 years had red PEWS, majority of infectious disease group
had green PEWS, and majority of patients with green PEWS had discharge
outcome. Conclusion. This study provides an overview of characteristics in
pediatric patients and shows the majority of pediatric emergency department
patients come with non-emergency conditions. | en_US |
