Demographic and clinical characteristics of responders and nonresponders to rapid response team interventions

Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 23-29

  Kolluru, Anuradha ^a   Singh, Tejwant ^a   Kanwar, Manreet ^a   Szpunar, Susan ^a   Saravolatz, Louis D ^a  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; SEIZURE;

EID: 78649666614     PISSN: 10796533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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