Early impact of medical emergency team implementation in a country with limited medical resources: A before-and-after study

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 373-378

  Lim, So Yeon ^a   Park, So Young ^a   Park, Hye Kyeong ^a   Kim, Mikyeong ^a   Park, Hye Yun ^a   Lee, Bora ^a   Lee, Jong Hoo ^a   Jung, Eun Jung ^a   Jeon, Kyeongman ^a   Park, Chi Min ^a   Ko, Myeong Gyun ^a   Park, Mi Ran ^a   Nam, Ji Myoung ^a   Won, Sun Young ^a   Jung, Jin Hee ^a   Cho, Soo Hyun ^a   Suh, Gee Young ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Intensive care unit (ICU); Medical emergency team (MET); Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79960700014     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.08.019     Document Type: Article

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