Adverse clinical events during intrahospital transport by a specialized team: A preliminary report

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-162

  Kue, Ricky ^a,b,c   Brown, Paul ^a   Ness, Chyrl ^a   Scheulen, James ^a,b  

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

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BALTIMORE; CRITICAL CARE; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 79952385447     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2011478     Document Type: Article

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