Sustained effectiveness of a primary-team-based rapid response system

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2562-2568

  Howell, Michael D ^a,c   Ngo, Long ^a,c   Folcarelli, Patricia ^a,c   Yang, Julius ^a,c   Mottley, Lawrence ^a,c   Marcantonio, Edward R ^a,c   Sands, Kenneth E ^a,c   Moorman, Donald ^b   Aronson, Mark D ^a,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; medical emergency team; patient safety; rapid response system; rapid response team

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON CRITICAL CARE TRAINED RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RISK REDUCTION; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865511927     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318259007b     Document Type: Article

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