Early management of acutely ill ward patients

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7874, 2012, Pages

  Frost, Paul J ^a,b   Wise, Matt P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGITATION; AIRWAY; BRADYCARDIA; BRADYPNEA; BREATHING; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMA; CONFUSION; CURRICULUM; CYANOSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OLIGURIA; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEIZURE; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA;

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84866369894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e5677     Document Type: Short Survey

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