Incidence of cardiac arrests and unexpected deaths in surgical patients before and after implementation of a rapid response system

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Simmes, Friede M ^a   Schoonhoven, Lisette ^a   Mintjes, Joke ^a   Fikkers, Bernard G ^a   van der Hoeven, Johannes G ^a  

^a HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac Arrest; General Surgery; Hospital Mortality; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care); Rapid Response Teams

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 84864225919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2110-5820-2-20     Document Type: Article

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