Rapid response teams: A diagnostic dilemma

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 177-178

  Amaral, Andre Carlos Kajdacsy Balla ^a,b   Wunsch, Hannah ^c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL STAFF; NETHERLANDS; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSE'S ROLE;

EID: 84857448467     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000589     Document Type: Editorial

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