Pediatric rapid response teams in the academic medical center.

Kshitij P Mistry; Jennifer Turi; Rémi M Hueckel; Jane Mericle; Jon N Meliones

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Pediatric rapid response teams in the academic medical center.

January 3, 2007

Mistry KP, Turi J, Hueckel RM, et al. Clin Pediatr Emerg Med. 2006;7(4).

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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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