Open AccessPromoting Patient Safety: The Rapid Medical Response Team
Author(s) -
Dawn Gould
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the permanente journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.445
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1552-5775
pISSN - 1552-5767
DOI - 10.7812/tpp/07-101
Subject(s) - rapid response team , medicine , adverse effect , intensive care unit , emergency medicine , patient safety , confidence interval , medical emergency , mortality rate , medical record , retrospective cohort study , health care , intensive care medicine , economics , economic growth
Adverse events are estimated to affect up to 17% of hospitalized patients and to cause up to 98,000 patient deaths per year in the United States. Unexpected codes in hospitalized patients are one of the most significant adverse events, carrying a risk of death that is reported to range from 50% to 80%.
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