Rapid response systems: You won't know there is a problem until you measure it

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Hillman, Ken M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESUSCITATION; VITAL SIGN; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

BENCHMARKING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 81555227961     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10477     Document Type: Note

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