"Identifying the hospitalised patient in crisis"-A consensus conference on the afferent limb of Rapid Response Systems

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-382

  DeVita, Michael A ^a   Smith, Gary B ^b,c   Adam, Sheila K ^d   Adams Pizarro, Inga ^e   Buist, Michael ^f   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^g   Bonello, Robert ^h   Cerchiari, Erga ⁱ   Farlow, Barbara ^j   Goldsmith, Donna ^k   Haskell, Helen ^l   Hillman, Kenneth ^m   Howell, Michael ⁿ   Hravnak, Marilyn ^o   Hunt, Elizabeth A ^p   Hvarfner, Andreas ^q   Kellett, John ^r   Lighthall, Geoffrey K ^s   Lippert, Anne ^t   Lippert, Freddy K ^u   Mahroof, Razeen ^v   Myers, Jennifer S ^w   Rosen, Mark ^x   Reynolds, Stuart ^y   Rotondi, Armando ^z   Rubulotta, Francesca ^aa   Winters, Bradford ^p   more..

^a ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK   (United States)

^b QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^e Maryland Patient Safety Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^g AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j Patients for Patient Safety Canada   (Canada)

^k AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^l Mothers Against Medical Error   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

ⁿ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^p JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^q LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^r St Joseph's General Hospital Nenagh   (Ireland)

^s STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^t GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^u Emergency Medicine and EMS   (Denmark)

^v JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^w UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^x NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^z UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^aa ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Critical care outreach; Medical emergency team; Monitoring; Patient safety; Rapid response system; Rapid response team; Resuscitation; Risk; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; BREATHING RATE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DETERIORATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAL SIGN; WORKLOAD;

HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RESUSCITATION; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 77949291292     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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