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The rapid response system : effects of early identification and treatment of physiological instability [PDF]
, 2013 Adverse events occur to hospital patients, with potentially fatal consequences. Unfortunately, preceding warning signs are not always recognized and acted upon correctly. There exists a mismatch between patients’ needs and the resources available in
Jäderling, Gabriella
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BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground The causative agents of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome remain unknown in 68–75% of the cases. In Nepal, the cases are tested only for Japanese encephalitis, which constitutes only about 15% of the cases. However, there could be several organisms,
Shrestha Rajeev +9 more
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Stroke Severity Affects Timing: Time From Stroke Code Activation to Initial Imaging is Longer in Patients With Milder Strokes. [PDF]
, 2018 Optimizing the time it takes to get a potential stroke patient to imaging is essential in a rapid stroke response. At our hospital, door-to-imaging time is comprised of 2 time periods: the time before a stroke is recognized, followed by the period after ...
Dhamoon, Mandip +4 more
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Resuscitation Plus, 2020 Aim: To test National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) versus a single-parameter system to identify critically ill general medical patients in the emergency department (ED), by 1) testing NEWS2s prediction of and association with primary outcome ‘mortality’
Stine Engebretsen +4 more
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Colorado 100k Lives Campaign [PDF]
, 2007 Summarizes a statewide effort to help Colorado hospitals strengthen their quality improvement systems. Includes an overview of the six interventions proven to ensure safe patient care, as well as lessons learned and success ...
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BMC Primary CareBackground Antibiotics are often prescribed without a C-Reactive Protein (CRP) level, an inflammatory marker used to guide treatment decisions, due to delays in obtaining laboratory results.
Matthew Atkins +8 more
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Effectiveness of Bradycardia as a Single Parameter in the Pediatric Acute Response System [PDF]
Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2014 BACKGROUND: Various tools for the acute response system (ARS) predict and prevent acute deterioration in pediatric patients. However, detailed criteria have not been clarified.
Yu Hyeon Choi +4 more
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Committed to Safety: Ten Case Studies on Reducing Harm to Patients [PDF]
, 2006 Presents case studies of healthcare organizations, clinical teams, and learning collaborations to illustrate successful innovations for improving patient safety nationwide.
David Blumenthal, Douglas McCarthy
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Critical incidents as perceived by rapid response teams in emergency services
Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, 2020 Objective: To analyze two hospital emergency services, one in a public institution and another in a philanthropic one, from the perspective of rapid response team professionals in the face of positive and negative critical incidents.
Alexsandro de Oliveira Dias +5 more
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US deploys rapid response teams to hospitals with Ebola cases [PDF]
BMJ, 2014 The US government will deploy rapid response teams to local hospitals to help them handle any new Ebola cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Tuesday 14 October. Tom Frieden, CDC director, said, “For any hospital anywhere in the country that has a confirmed case of Ebola, we will put a team on the ground within hours
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