Reduction of paediatric in-patient cardiac arrest and death with a medical emergency team: preliminary results.

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Published in Arch Dis Child on November 01, 2005

Authors

J Tibballs1, S Kinney, T Duke, E Oakley, M Hennessy

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1: Intensive Care Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. james.tibballs@rch.org.au

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