Impact of an intensivist-led multidisciplinary extended rapid response team on hospital-wide cardiopulmonary arrests and mortality

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 506-517

  Al Qahtani, Saad ^a   Al Dorzi, Hasan M ^a   Tamim, Hani M ^a   Hussain, Sajid ^a   Fong, Lian ^a   Taher, Saadi ^b   Al Knawy, Bandar Abdulmohsen ^a   Arabi, Yaseen ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

health service administration; hospital mortality; ICU; patient safety; quality improvement; rapid response team

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESUSCITATION; SAUDI ARABIA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; APACHE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT READMISSION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84873385351     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318271440b     Document Type: Article

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