Out of our reach? Assessing the impact of introducing a critical care outreach service
Open Access
- 1 August 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Anaesthesia
- Vol. 58 (9), 882-885
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03331.x
Abstract
An outreach service was introduced in three surgical wards and the surgical high dependency unit in a large teaching hospital. A modified early warning score and callout algorithm were used to facili...Keywords
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