TY - JOUR T1 - EICS (Extended Intensive Care Service): Looking outside the ICU JO - Medicina Intensiva (English Edition) T2 - AU - Holanda Peña,M.S. AU - Domínguez Artiga,M.J. AU - Ots Ruiz,E. AU - Lorda de los Ríos,M.I. AU - Castellanos Ortega,A. AU - Ortiz Melón,F. SN - 21735727 M3 - 10.1016/j.medine.2011.03.005 DO - 10.1016/j.medine.2011.03.005 UR - https://www.medintensiva.org/en-eics-extended-intensive-care-service--articulo-S2173572711000221 AB - Early warning systems (EWS) identify patients at risk with a view to improving morbidity and mortality rates using early therapeutic and transfer actions. We have recently implemented an EWS that focuses on two main aspects: the guidance of care after discharge from the ICU, and recognition of the onset of deteriorating health among adult patients in general wards through physiologically based early warning scores. ER -