Intensive Care Unit Admission in Patients following Rapid Response Team Activation: Call Factors, Patient Characteristics and Hospital Outcomes
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Intensive care unit occupancy and patient outcomes.
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عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0310-057X,1448-0271
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1504300211