Rapid Response Teams
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- 1 January 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 170 (1) , 18-26
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2009.424
Abstract
Cases of in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest are common and are associated with low rates of survival.1 Previous studies2,3 have found that hospital patients often exhibit signs of physiologic deterioration in the hours before cardiopulmonary arrest occurs. Because early detection of these warning signs may provide an opportunity for the prevention of cardiopulmonary arrest and its attendant mortality, the use of a rapid response team (RRT) hasbeen promoted as a means of reduction of in-hospital mortality.Keywords
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