Introduction of a treatment algorithm can improve the early management of emergency patients in the resuscitation room

Resuscitation

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 362-373

  Bernhard, Michael ^a   Becker, Torben K ^a   Nowe, Tim ^a   Mohorovicic, Marko ^a   Sikinger, Marcus ^a   Brenner, Thorsten ^a   Richter, Goetz M ^a   Radeleff, Boris ^a   Meeder, Peter Jürgen ^a   Büchler, Markus W ^a   Böttiger, Bernd W ^a   Martin, Eike ^a   Gries, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Emergency department; Emergency patients; Resuscitation room; Time consumption

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 34248574130     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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