Recognising clinical instability in hospital patients before cardiac arrest or unplanned admission to intensive care. A pilot study in a tertiary-care hospital

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-25

  Buist, Michael D ^a   Jarmolowski, Elizabeth ^b   Burton, Paul R ^b   Bernard, Stephen A ^a   Waxman, Bruce P ^a   Anderson, Jeremy ^c  

^a DANDENONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0033526788     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123492.x     Document Type: Article

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