The patient-at-risk team: Identifying and managing seriously ill ward patients

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 853-860

  Goldhill, D R ^a   Worthington, L ^a   Mulcahy, A ^a   Tarling, M ^a   Sumner, A ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care; hospital outcome, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Hospital ward; therapeutic intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARD;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT TRANSFER; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032858282     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00996.x     Document Type: Article

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