Characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to ICU following activation of the medical emergency team: Impact of introducing a two-tier response system

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 765-773

  Aneman, Anders ^a,b   Frost, Steven A ^a,c   Parr, Michael J ^a,b   Hillman, Ken M ^a,b  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hospital rapid response team; Intensive care unit; Patient care management; Patient outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; DYING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TERMINAL CARE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYPNEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929503663     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000767     Document Type: Article

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