Reducing in-hospital cardiac arrests and hospital mortality by introducing a medical emergency team

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-106

  Konrad, David ^a,b   Jäderling, Gabriella ^a   Bell, Max ^a   Granath, Fredrik ^a   Ekbom, Anders ^a   Martling, Claes Roland ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Medical emergency team; Mortality; Rapid response system; Surgical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; SURGICAL PATIENT; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 76549120200     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-009-1634-x     Document Type: Article

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