Impact of pulse oximetry surveillance on rescue events and intensive care unit transfers: A before-and-after concurrence study

Anesthesiology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 282-287

  Taenzer, Andreas H ^a   Pyke, Joshua B ^b   McGrath, Susan P ^b   Blike, George T ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALARM MONITOR; ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; AGED; ANESTHESIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; HEMODYNAMICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OXIMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ALARMS; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OXIMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77449123270     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181ca7a9b     Document Type: Article

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