Ways to avert potential patient care disasters.

Patrice Spath

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Ways to avert potential patient care disasters.

October 18, 2006

Spath P. Hospital peer review. 2006;31(9):128-30.

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This article discusses clinician failure to recognize patient deterioration and provides recommendations to minimize this delayed response to patient distress.

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