Effectiveness of rapid response teams on rates of in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 438-445

  Solomon, Rose S ^a   Corwin, Gregory S ^a   Barclay, Dawn C ^a   Quddusi, Sarah F ^a   Dannenberg, Michelle D ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEAMWORK; HOSPITAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY;

EID: 84957548465     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2554     Document Type: Review

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