The impact of rapid response team on outcome of patients transferred from the ward to the ICU: A single-center study

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2284-2291

  Karpman, Craig ^a   Keegan, Mark T ^a   Jensen, Jeffrey B ^a   Bauer, Philippe R ^a   Brown, Daniel R ^a   Afessa, Bekele ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; guideline adherence; hospital mortality; hospital rapid response team; quality of healthcare

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84884904075     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318291cccd     Document Type: Article

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