ICU admittance by a rapid response team versus conventional admittance, characteristics, and outcome

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 725-731

  Jäderling, Gabriella ^a   Bell, Max ^a   Martling, Claes Roland ^a   Ekbom, Anders ^a   Bottai, Matteo ^a   Konrad, David ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult; ICU; Medical emergency team; Mortality; Outcome; Rapid response team

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RISK; SEX;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84874833147     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182711b94     Document Type: Article

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