Patient monitoring and the timing of cardiac arrests and medical emergency team calls in a teaching hospital

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1352-1356

  Jones, Daryl ^a   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^b   Bates, Samantha ^b   Warrillow, Stephen ^b   Goldsmith, Donna ^b   Hart, Graeme ^b   Opdam, Helen ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EMERGENCY TEAM SYSTEM; NURSING CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33747591420     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0263-x     Document Type: Article

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