Rapid-response teams

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-146

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

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EDEMA; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESPIRATORY ARREST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 79960243203     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra0910926     Document Type: Review

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