Activation of a medical emergency team using an electronic medical recording-based screening system

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 801-808

  Huh, Jin Won ^a   Lim, Chae Man ^a   Koh, Younsuck ^b   Lee, Jury ^b   Jung, Youn Kyung ^b   Seo, Hyun Suk ^b   Hong, Sang Bum ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

electronic medical record; medical emergency team; rapid response system; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84896682045     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000031     Document Type: Article

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