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Mature rapid response system and potentially avoidable cardiopulmonary arrests in hospital.

Galhotra S, DeVita MA, Simmons RL, Dew MA; Members of the Medical Emergency Response Improvement Team (MERIT) Committee.

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Incidence, location and reasons for avoidable in-hospital cardiac arrest in a district general hospital.

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Use of medical emergency team responses to reduce hospital cardiopulmonary arrests.

DeVita MA, Braithwaite RS, Mahidhara R, Stuart S, Foraida M, Simmons RL; Medical Emergency Response Improvement Team (MERIT).

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In-hospital cardiac arrest: survival depends mainly on the effectiveness of the emergency response.

Sandroni C, Ferro G, Santangelo S, Tortora F, Mistura L, Cavallaro F, Caricato A, Antonelli M.

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Effects of a medical emergency team on reduction of incidence of and mortality from unexpected cardiac arrests in hospital: preliminary study.

Buist MD, Moore GE, Bernard SA, Waxman BP, Anderson JN, Nguyen TV.

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Impact of patient monitoring on the diurnal pattern of medical emergency team activation.

Galhotra S, DeVita MA, Simmons RL, Schmid A; members of the Medical Emergency Response Improvement Team (MERIT) Committee.

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Implementation of a medical emergency team in a large pediatric teaching hospital prevents respiratory and cardiopulmonary arrests outside the intensive care unit.

Brilli RJ, Gibson R, Luria JW, Wheeler TA, Shaw J, Linam M, Kheir J, McLain P, Lingsch T, Hall-Haering A, McBride M.

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Long term effect of a medical emergency team on cardiac arrests in a teaching hospital.

Jones D, Bellomo R, Bates S, Warrillow S, Goldsmith D, Hart G, Opdam H, Gutteridge G.

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Outcome of adult cardiopulmonary resuscitations at a tertiary referral center including results of "limited" resuscitations.

Dumot JA, Burval DJ, Sprung J, Waters JH, Mraovic B, Karafa MT, Mascha EJ, Bourke DL.

Arch Intern Med. 2001 Jul 23;161(14):1751-8.PMID: 11485508 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Beyond the intensive care unit: a review of interventions aimed at anticipating and preventing in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest.

Naeem N, Montenegro H.

Resuscitation. 2005 Oct;67(1):13-23. Review.PMID: 16150531 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Predictors of survival following in-hospital adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Brindley PG, Markland DM, Mayers I, Kutsogiannis DJ.

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Effect of a rapid response team on hospital-wide mortality and code rates outside the ICU in a Children's Hospital.

Sharek PJ, Parast LM, Leong K, Coombs J, Earnest K, Sullivan J, Frankel LR, Roth SJ.

JAMA. 2007 Nov 21;298(19):2267-74.PMID: 18029830 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

First documented rhythm and clinical outcome from in-hospital cardiac arrest among children and adults.

Nadkarni VM, Larkin GL, Peberdy MA, Carey SM, Kaye W, Mancini ME, Nichol G, Lane-Truitt T, Potts J, Ornato JP, Berg RA; National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Investigators.

JAMA. 2006 Jan 4;295(1):50-7.PMID: 16391216 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The effect of a rapid response team on major clinical outcome measures in a community hospital.

Dacey MJ, Mirza ER, Wilcox V, Doherty M, Mello J, Boyer A, Gates J, Brothers T, Baute R.

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A comparison of antecedents to cardiac arrests, deaths and emergency intensive care admissions in Australia and New Zealand, and the United Kingdom--the ACADEMIA study.

Kause J, Smith G, Prytherch D, Parr M, Flabouris A, Hillman K; Intensive Care Society (UK); Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group.

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Evaluation of a hospital-wide resuscitation team: does it increase survival for in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest?

Henderson SO, Ballesteros D.

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Quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation during in-hospital cardiac arrest.

Abella BS, Alvarado JP, Myklebust H, Edelson DP, Barry A, O'Hearn N, Vanden Hoek TL, Becker LB.

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The relationship between early emergency team calls and serious adverse events.

Chen J, Bellomo R, Flabouris A, Hillman K, Finfer S; MERIT Study Investigators for the Simpson Centre; ANZICS Clinical Trials Group.

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Characteristics, management process, and outcome of patients suffering in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrests in a teaching hospital in Hong Kong.

Yap HY, Li TS, Tan KS, Cheung YS, Chui PT, Lam PK, Lam DW, Tong YF, Chu MC, Leung PN, Joynt GM.

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Medical futility in asystolic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Väyrynen T, Kuisma M, Määttä T, Boyd J.

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