Reduction in hospital-wide mortality after implementation of a rapidresponse team: a long-term cohort study

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Beitler, Jeremy R ^a   Link, Nate ^b   Bails, Douglas B ^b   Hurdle, Kelli ^c   Chong, David H ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VITAL SIGN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEART ARREST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK;

EID: 81055124188     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10547     Document Type: Article

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