Reduction of paediatric in-patient cardiac arrest and death with a medical emergency team: preliminary results
Archives of Disease in ChildhoodPublished 26 October 2005Open access
James Tibballs
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Introduction of a medical emergency team service was coincident with a reduction of cardiac arrest and mortality and a slight increase in admissions to intensive care and transgression of MET call criteria.
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Introduction of a medical emergency team service was coincident with a reduction of cardiac arrest and mortality and a slight increase in admissions to intensive care.
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