The effect of a rapid response team on major clinical outcome measures in a community hospital

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2076-2082

  Dacey, Michael J ^a   Mirza, Ehsun Raza ^a   Wilcox, Virginia ^a   Doherty, Maureen ^a   Mello, James ^a   Boyer, Amy ^a   Gates, Jonathan ^a   Brothers, Todd ^a   Baute, Robert ^a  

^a Kent Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Intensive care unit; Mortality; Physician assistant; Rapid response system; Rapid response team

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM;

AGED; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548211875     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000281518.17482.EE     Document Type: Article

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