Medical emergency teams: Deciphering clues to crises in hospitals

Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 325-326

  DeVita, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DETERIORATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 23744486642     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc3721     Document Type: Article

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