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Critical care response teams: potential roles for emergency physicians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Suneel Upadhye ,
Emanuel P. Rivers  and
Andrew Worster
Suneel Upadhye
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Emanuel P. Rivers
Affiliation:
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mich.
Andrew Worster*
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
*
Emergency Department, McMaster University Medical Centre, 1200 Main St. W, Hamilton ON L8N 3Z5

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Keywords

critical care response teamsintensive care admissionssepsismedical emergency teams
Type
Commentaries • Commentaires
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 34 - 37
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2007

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