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- Title
Introduction of the medical emergency team (MET) system: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.
- Authors
Hillman, Ken; Chen, Jack; Cretikos, Michelle; Bellomo, Rinaldo; Brown, Daniel; Doig, Gordon; Finfer, Simon; Flabouris, Arthas; MERIT study investigators
- Abstract
Patients with cardiac arrests or who die in general wards have often received delayed or inadequate care. We investigated whether the medical emergency team (MET) system could reduce the incidence of cardiac arrests, unplanned admissions to intensive care units (ICU), and deaths.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 2005, Vol 365, Issue 9477, p2091
- ISSN
1474-547X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66733-5