Clinical emergencies and outcomes in patients admitted to a surgical versus medical service

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 415-418

  Sarani, Babak ^a   Palilonis, Emily ^a   Sonnad, Seema ^a   Bergey, Meredith ^a   Sims, Carrie ^a   Pascual, Jose L ^a   Schweickert, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Medical emergency team; Mortality; Rapid response systems

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUMAZENIL; NALOXONE; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MORTALITY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79952627368     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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