Medical emergency team syndromes and an approach to their management

Critical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Jones, Daryl ^a   Duke, Graeme ^b   Green, John ^b   Briedis, Juris ^b   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^c   Casamento, Andrew ^b   Kattula, Andrea ^c   Way, Margaret ^c  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NORTHERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INFECTION; LUNG EDEMA; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OLIGURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URINE VOLUME; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; STANDARD; SYNDROME;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SYNDROME;

EID: 33846847078     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc4821     Document Type: Article

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