Use of medical emergency team responses to reduce hospital cardiopulmonary arrests

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 251-254

  DeVita, M A ^a,b   Braithwaite, R S ^c   Mahidhara, R ^c   Stuart, S ^a   Foraida, M ^a   Simmons, R L ^c  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PENNSYLVANIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4043070623     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2003.006585     Document Type: Article

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