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

Natasha H. Laurens; Trudy A. Dwyer

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

January 5, 2011

Laurens NH, Dwyer TA. Int J Nurs Pract. 2010;16(6):533-44.

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This review of rapid response systems (RRS) found serious flaws in the methodological quality of the existing literature, making it difficult to determine if RRS improves clinical outcomes.

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