Improvement in time to treatment following establishment of a dedicated medical admissions unit

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 878-880

  Beckett, D J ^a   Raby, E ^a   Pal, S ^a   Jamdar, R ^a   Selby, C ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TIME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCOTLAND; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72449171007     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.059295     Document Type: Article

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