Critical illness in the emergency department: Lessons learnt from the first 12 months of enrolments in the Critical Illness and Shock Study

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-36

  Arendts, Glenn ^a,b,c   Stone, Shelley F ^a,b   Fatovich, Daniel M ^a,b,c   van Eeden, Pauline ^a,b   MacDonald, Ellen ^a,c   Brown, Simon G A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Emergency medicine; Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856786865     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01500.x     Document Type: Article

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