The mortality associated with review by the rapid response team for non-arrest deterioration: A cohort study of acute hospital adult patients

Critical Care and Resuscitation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 119-123

  Smith, Roger J ^a   Santamaria, John D ^a   Reid, David A ^a   Faraone, Espedito E ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84903764103     PISSN: 14412772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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