National Early Warning Score 2 Clinical Classification

**Semantic type:** Intellectual Product

**Definition:** A 2017 update to the Royal College of Physicians of London's 2012 National Early Warning Score (NEWS), which is a weighted scoring system for six routinely monitored vital sign parameters, including respiration rate, oxygen saturation, systolic blood pressure, pulse rate, level of consciousness, and temperature, to standardize the assessment and response to acute illness. NEWS2 includes several modifications to the vital sign weightings and a new SpO2 scoring scale for patients at risk of type II respiratory failure.

**Synonyms:** - NEWS1 - NEWS2 - NEWS2