Effects of a medical emergency team on reduction of incidence of and mortality from unexpected cardiac arrests in hospital: preliminary study.

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Published in BMJ on February 16, 2002

Authors

Michael D Buist1, Gaye E Moore, Stephen A Bernard, Bruce P Waxman, Jeremy N Anderson, Tuan V Nguyen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Intensive Care, Dandenong Hospital, Dandenong, VIC 3175, Australia. acmdbuist@bigpond.com

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