Hospital overnight and evaluation of systems and timelines study: A point prevalence study of practice in Australia and New Zealand

Resuscitation

Volumn 100, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-5

  Sundararajan, Krishnaswamy ^a,b   Flabouris, Arthas ^a,b   Thompson, Campbell ^a,b   Seppelt, Ian ^c,d,e  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Afferent limb failure; Diurnal variation; Intensive care unit; Rapid response teams

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFERENT LIMB FAILURE; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIMB DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84958632282     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.11.029     Document Type: Article

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