Finally time for rapid response systems to be well met in europe?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 608-610

  Skrifvars, Markus B ^a   Martin loeches, Ignacio ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; HUMAN;

EUROPE; HUMANS;

EID: 85027923691     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-016-4271-1     Document Type: Article

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