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A prospective before-and-after trial of a medical emergency team
Bellomo R, Goldsmith D, Uchino S, et al. A prospective before-and-after trial of a medical emergency team. Medical Journal of Australia. 2003;179(6):283-287.

This article describes a study whose purpose was to determine the effect on cardiac arrests and overall hospital mortality of an intensive care-based medical emergency team. The incidence of in-hospital cardiac arrest and death following cardiac arrest decreased after introduction of an intensive-care-based medical emergency team, as did overall hospital mortality.



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