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National Early Warning Score (NEWS)

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Determines the degree of illness of a patient and prompts critical care intervention.

Severity screening of declining conditions.

NEWS Score

Kamal (Kim) Medlej, MD, is an attending physician at the department of emergency medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, then moved to Montreal to attend McGill University where he received his medical degree. He completed a residency in emergency medicine at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City and served as chief resident in his final year, followed by fellowship in critical care medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Prior to joining the emergency department at MGH, Dr. Medlej was an attending physician in the emergency department of the American University of Beirut Medical Center in Lebanon then at Mount Sinai St. Luke's-West in New York City where he held appointments in both the emergency department and the division of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. His areas of interest include emergency and critical care ultrasound, fluid management, non-invasive patient management, and the intersection of emergency medicine and critical care.

Kamal Medlej, MD

The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) determines the degree of illness of a patient using six physiological findings and one observation.

MEWS Score

NEWS2 Score

PIRO Score for CAP

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