Rates of in‐hospital arrests, deaths and intensive care admissions: the effect of a medical emergency team
- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 173 (5) , 236-240
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb125627.x
Abstract
Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of a medical emergency team (MET) in reducing the rates of selected adverse events. Design Cohort comparison study after casemix adjustment. Patients and...Keywords
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