MA DeVita, RS Braithwaite, R Mahidhara, S … - Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2004 - qshc.bmj.com Methods: Objective criteria for MET activation were created and disseminated as
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MD Buist, GE Moore, SA Bernard, BP Waxman … - British Medical Journal, 2002 - bmj.com Unexpected cardiac arrests in hospital are usually preceded by signs of clinical
instability. 7 8 In a pilot study we noted that 112 (76%) patients with
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R Bellomo, D Goldsmith, S Uchino, J … - Medical Journal of Australia, 2003 - mja.com.au MOST HOSPITALS have cardiac arrest teams that respond to in-hospital cardiac
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PJ Bristow, KM Hillman, T Chey, K Daffurn, … - Medical Journal of Australia, 2000 - mja.com.au Certain in-hospital deaths may be preventable. 1-3 Nearly 85% of hospital
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KM Hillman, PJ Bristow, T Chey, K Daffurn, … - Internal medicine journal, 2001 - leitl.org Methods: The study was conducted at three separate acute hospitals. Demographics
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