NEWS2 (National Early Warning Score 2) Calculator
Standardized early warning score for detecting clinical deterioration
When to use it
Use for standardized clinical deterioration monitoring on general wards.
Category
Critical Care
References
- Royal College of Physicians. National Early Warning Score (NEWS) 2: Standardising the assessment of acute-illness severity in the NHS. London: RCP; 2017
- Smith GB et al. The ability of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) to discriminate patients at risk of early cardiac arrest, unanticipated intensive care unit admission, and death. Resuscitation. 2013;84(4):465-470
- NICE NG51: Sepsis recognition, diagnosis and early management (2024)
About NephroMind
This calculator is part of NephroMind, a free clinical decision-aid platform from the Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation (ASNRT) — over 129 bedside nephrology calculators plus a renal drug-dosing database, coded by a practicing transplant nephrologist.