TY - JOUR T1 - Paediatric early warning systems: not a simple answer to a complex question JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2022-323951 SP - archdischild-2022-323951 AU - Damian Roland AU - Colin Powell AU - Amy Lloyd AU - Robert Trubey AU - Lyvonne Tume AU - Gerri Sefton AU - Chao Huang AU - Katie Taiyari AU - Heather Strange AU - Nina Jacob AU - Emma Thomas-Jones AU - Kerenza Hood AU - Davina Allen Y1 - 2022/07/22 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2022/07/22/archdischild-2022-323951.abstract N2 - Paediatric early warning systems (PEWS) to reduce in-hospital mortality have been a laudable endeavour. Evaluation of their impact has rarely examined the internal validity of the components of PEWS in achieving desired outcomes. We highlight the assumptions made regarding the mode of action of PEWS and, as PEWS become more commonplace, this paper asks whether we really understand their function, process and outcome. ER -