A prospective before-and-after trial of a medical emergency team

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 283-287

  Bellomo, Rinaldo ^a   Goldsmith, Donna ^a   Uchino, Shigehiko ^a   Buckmaster, Jonathan ^a   Hart, Graeme K ^a   Opdam, Helen ^a   Silvester, William ^a   Doolan, Laurie ^a   Gutteridge, Geoffrey ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCOSE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; INSULIN; MAGNESIUM; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OXYGEN; RANITIDINE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141706914     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05548.x     Document Type: Article

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