Differences in outcomes between ICU attending and senior resident physician led medical emergency team responses

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1434-1437

  Morris, David S ^a   Schweickert, William ^a   Holena, Daniel ^a   Handzel, Robert ^a   Sims, Carrie ^a   Pascual, Jose L ^a   Sarani, Babak ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical emergency team; Rapid response system; Rapid response team

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868199825     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.07.017     Document Type: Article

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