Characteristics and outcomes of patients receiving a medical emergency team review for respiratory distress or hypotension

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-331

  Quach, Jon L ^a   Downey, Andrew W ^a   Haase, Michael ^a   Haase Fielitz, Anja ^a   Jones, Daryl ^a   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delay; Hypotension; Medical emergency team; Mortality; Outcome; Respiratory distress

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; APACHE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT TRANSFER; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49749137893     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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