Intensive care unit without walls: Seeking patient safety by improving the efficiency of the system

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 438-443

  Gordo, F ^a,b   Abella, A ^a  

^a Universidad Francisco de Vitoria   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD FRANCISCO DE VITORIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early warning score; Health service administration; Hospital mortality; Intensive Care Medicine; Intensive Care Unit; Monitoring; Patient safety; Rapid response teams; Technology; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; ORGAN INJURY; PATIENT SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; VITAL SIGN; INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

CRITICAL CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT SAFETY;

EID: 84922019890     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: 15786749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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