Demonstrating the benefit of medical emergency teams (MET) proves more difficult than anticipated
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Patients with cardiac arrests or who die in general wards have often received delayed or inadequate care. Medical emergency teams (METs) are trained medical professionals that respond quickly to a change in a patient’s condition based on the premise that early intervention may prevent further deterioration and/or death. We investigated whether implementation of a medical emergency team (MET) system could reduce the incidence of cardiac arrests, unplanned admissions to intensive care units (ICU), and deaths.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Critical Care
دوره 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006