Development of a pragmatic measure for evaluating and optimizing rapid response systems

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bonafide, Christopher P ^a,b,c   Roberts, Kathryn E ^a   Priestley, Margaret A ^a   Tibbetts, Kathleen M ^a,e   Huang, Emily ^a,d   Nadkarni, Vinay M ^a   Keren, Ron ^a,b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e GfK Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Critical illness; Early warning score; Hospital rapid response team; Medical emergency team; Mortality; Physiologic monitoring

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SCHOOL CHILD;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859394693     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2784     Document Type: Article

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