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Pediatric rapid response teams in the academic medical center.
Mistry KP, Turi J, Hueckel R, Mericle JM, Meliones JN. Clin Ped Emerg Med. 2006;7:241-247.

The authors discuss the implementation of a rapid response team for pediatric patient care and introduce the concept of a team that proactively monitors patients at risk of clinical deterioration rather than waiting to assess the patient when they have been alerted to a problem.
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