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Maternal Early Warning Scores (MEWS)

Shrijit Nair1, Lucy Dockrell2 and Siaghal Mac Colgain3

1Anaesthesia Registrar, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland
2Anaesthesia Registrar, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Ireland
3Consultant Anaesthetist, Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland

Edited by
James Brown1 and Gill Abir2
1Anaesthetic Consultant, British Columbia Women’s Hospital, Canada
2Associate Professor, Stanford, USA

Correspondence to drshrijitnair@yahoo.com

10/07/2018

Abstract

The Maternal Early Warning Score (MEWS) is a system designed to help early detection of sick mothers and potentially allows the opportunity to intervene and prevent deterioration. This tutorial discusses the application of MEWS and the evidence behind its use.

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