Cardiopulmonary arrest and mortality trends, and their association with rapid response system expansion

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 167-170

  Chen, Jack ^a   Ou, Lixin ^a   Hillman, Kenneth M ^a   Flabouris, Arthas ^b,c   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^d   Hollis, Stephanie J ^a   Assareh, Hassan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES;

EID: 84905653965     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja14.00019     Document Type: Article

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