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Incidence of cardiac arrests and unexpected deaths in surgical patients before and after implementation of a rapid response system

BACKGROUND: Rapid response systems (RRSs) are considered an important tool for improving patient safety. We studied the effect of an RRS on the incidence of cardiac arrests and unexpected deaths. METHODS: Retrospective before- after study in a university medical centre. We included 1376 surgical pat...

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Autores principales: Simmes, Friede M, Schoonhoven, Lisette, Mintjes, Joke, Fikkers, Bernard G, van der Hoeven, Johannes G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3425134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22716308
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2110-5820-2-20