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early warning score

noun/ˈɜːli ˈwɔːnɪŋ skɔː/

B1CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

An aggregate of vital-sign observations used to flag clinical deterioration and trigger review.

A rising early warning score prompted an urgent call to the outreach team.

Similar: NEWS2, EWS

Topic: Critical care in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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