Emergency department abnormal vital sign "triggers" program improves time to therapy

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 483-487

  McGillicuddy, Daniel C ^a,c   O'Connell, Francis J ^a,b   Shapiro, Nathan I ^a,c   Calder, Shelly A ^a   Mottley, Lawrence J ^a,c   Roberts, Jonathan C ^a,b   Sanchez, Leon D ^a,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; VITAL SIGNS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956111349     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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