Medical emergency team activation: Performance of conventional dichotomised criteria versus national early warning score

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 411-419

  Tirkkonen, Joonas ^a,b   Olkkola, Klaus T ^c,d   Huhtala, Heini ^b   Tenhunen, Jyrki ^a,e   Hoppu, Sanna ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONVENTIONAL DICHOTOMISED CRITERIA; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL EARLY WARNING SCORE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY RATE; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84896317474     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12277     Document Type: Article

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