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Reducing in-hospital cardiac arrests and hospital mortality by introducing a medical emergency team.
October 7, 2009
Konrad D, Jäderling G, Bell M, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2010;36(1):100-6.
Rapid response systems function within a variety of structures, but they ultimately remain a mechanism to manage a clinically deteriorating patient. This prospective study demonstrated that implementation of an intensivist physician and nurse–based team led to improvements in cardiac arrest rates and adjusted hospital mortality.
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