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STUDY

Epidemiology and patient outcome after medical emergency team calls triggered by atrial fibrillation.

Schneider A, Calzavacca P, Jones D, Bellomo R. Resuscitation. 2011;82:410-414.

REVIEW

Systematic review of safety checklists for use by medical care teams in acute hospital settings—limited evidence of effectiveness.

Ko HCH, Turner TJ, Finnigan MA. BMC Health Serv Res. 2011;11:211.

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Problems and solutions arising during a study in visual semantics of the medical emergency team system.

Santiano N, Baramy LS, Young L, et al. Qual Health Res. 2008 ct: 18: 1336-44.

COMMENTARY

The growth of rapid response systems.

Steel AC, Reynolds SF. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:489-495.

REVIEW

The effect of medical emergency teams on patient outcome: a review of the literature.

Laurens NH, Dwyer TA. Int J Nurs Pract. 2010;16:533-544.

STUDY

Attitudes and barriers to a medical emergency team system at a tertiary paediatric hospital.

Azzopardi P, Kinney S, Moulden A, Tibballs J. Resuscitation. 2011;82:167-174.

STUDY

Effect of bar-code–assisted medication administration on medication administration errors and accuracy in multiple patient care areas.

Helmons PJ, Wargel LN, Daniels CE. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66:1202-1210.

STUDY

Sustained effectiveness of a primary-team-based rapid response system.

Howell MD, Ngo L, Folcarelli P, et al. Crit Care Med. 2012;40:2562-2568.

STUDY

The use of medical emergency teams in medical and surgical patients: impact of patient, nurse and organisational characteristics.

Schmid-Mazzoccoli A, Hoffman LA, Wolf GA, Happ MB, Devita MA. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17:377-381.

REVIEW

Incidence and preventability of adverse events requiring intensive care admission: a systematic review.

Vlayen A, Verelst S, Bekkering GE, et al. J Eval Clin Pract. 2012;18:485-497.

STUDY

A prospective controlled trial of the effect of a multi-faceted intervention on early recognition and intervention in deteriorating hospital patients.

Mitchell IA, McKay H, Van Leuvan C, et al. Resuscitation. 2010;81:658-666.

REVIEW

Literature review: do rapid response systems reduce the incidence of major adverse events in the deteriorating ward patient?

Massey D, Aitken LM, Chaboyer W. J Clin Nurs. 2010;19:3260-3273.

STUDY

Establishing a rapid response team (RRT) in an academic hospital: one year's experience.

King E, Horvath R, Shulkin DJ. J Hosp Med. 2006;1:296-305.

STUDY

Analysis of medical emergency team calls comparing subjective to "objective" call criteria.

Santiano N, Young L, Hillman K, et al. Resuscitation. 2008;80:44-49.

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Differences in outcomes between ICU attending and senior resident physician led medical emergency team responses.

Morris DS, Schweickert W, Holena D, et al. Resuscitation. 2012;83:1434-1437.

STUDY

Introduction of the medical emergency team (MET) system: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

MERIT study investigators. Lancet. 2005;365:2091-2097.

STUDY

The impact of Rapid Response System on delayed emergency team activation patient characteristics and outcomes—a follow-up study.

Calzavacca P, Licari E, Tee A, et al. Resuscitation. 2010;81:31-35.

STUDY

A prospective observational study of physician handoff for intensive-care-unit-to-ward patient transfers.

Li P, Stelfox HT, Ghali WA. Am J Med. 2011;124:860-867.

STUDY

Resident and RN perceptions of the impact of a medical emergency team on education and patient safety in an academic medical center.

Sarani B, Sonnad S, Bergey MR, et al. Crit Care Med. 2009;37:3091-3096.

STUDY

Enhanced end-of-life care associated with deploying a rapid response team: a pilot study.

Vazquez R, Gheorghe C, Grigoriyan A, Palvinskaya T, Amoateng-Adjepong Y, Manthous CA. J Hosp Med. 2009;4:449-452.

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