Impact of a Local Low-Cost Ward-Based Response System in a Canadian Tertiary Care Hospital.

Conclusion. Our local ward-based response system achieved a significant reduction in the time of patient decompensation to initial intervention, in CTU code blue rates, and in CTU to ICU transfers without necessitating additional usage of financial or human resources. PMID: 27830088 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Critical Care Research and Practice - Category: Intensive Care Tags: Crit Care Res Pract Source Type: research