Characteristics and outcome of rapid response team patients ≥75 years old: A prospective observational cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Tirkkonen, Joonas ^a   Setälä, Piritta ^b   Hoppu, Sanna ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Geriatric; Medical emergency team; Outcome; Rapid response system; Rapid response team

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIMB; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85026732802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-017-0423-8     Document Type: Article

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