Incidence and significance of errors in a patient 'track and trigger' system during an epidemic of Legionnaires' disease: Retrospective casenote analysis

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 222-228

  Smith, Andrew F ^a   Oakey, R J ^a  

^a ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; EPIDEMIC; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT REFERRAL; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; URINE FLOW RATE;

AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS' ROOMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644748287     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04513.x     Document Type: Article

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