Effectiveness of the Medical Emergency Team: The importance of dose

Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Jones, Daryl ^a   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^a   DeVita, Michael A ^b  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 77949880677     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc7996     Document Type: Article

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