Utilization of rapid response resources and outcomes in a comprehensive cancer center

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 905-909

  Austin, Charles A ^a   Hanzaker, Chris ^a   Stafford, Renae ^a   Mayer, Celeste ^b   Culp, Loc ^b   Lin, Feng Chang ^c   Chang, Lydia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

medical emergency teams; oncology patients; rapid response teams

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY CARE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACUITY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84896646505     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000098     Document Type: Article

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