A review, and performance evaluation, of single-parameter "track and trigger" systems

Resuscitation

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-21

  Smith, Gary B ^a   Prytherch, David R ^b   Schmidt, Paul E ^b   Featherstone, Peter I ^b   Higgins, Bernie ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Medical Emergency Team; Monitoring; Outcome; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PARAMETER TRACK AND TRIGGER SYSTEM; VITAL SIGN;

CRITICAL CARE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 51749087904     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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