Timing and interventions of emergency teams during the MERIT study

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-30

  Flabouris, Arthas ^a   Chen, Jack ^b   Hillman, Ken ^b   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^c   Finfer, Simon ^d,e  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Intensive Care; Interventions; Medical emergency team

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LINEAR MODELS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESUSCITATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72149086679     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.09.025     Document Type: Article

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