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

Rodrigo Vazquez; Cristina Gheorghe; Artur Grigoriyan; Tatsiana Palvinskaya; Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong; Constantine A. Manthous

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

September 30, 2009

Vazquez R, Gheorghe C, Grigoriyan A, et al. J Hosp Med. 2009;4(7):449-52.

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After implementing a rapid response team, a community hospital found significant improvements in the quality of pain management and overall end-of-life care. Prior studies have also demonstrated that rapid response teams may influence decisions about overall goals of care.

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