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Medical emergency team calls in the radiology department: patient characteristics and outcomes.

September 4, 2013

Ott LK, Pinsky MR, Hoffman LA, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21(6):509-18.

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This cohort study characterizes the types of emergencies that necessitated a medical emergency team evaluation of an inpatient in the radiology department. A case of an ultimately fatal adverse event that occurred while a patient was being transported from an inpatient unit to radiology is discussed in this AHRQ WebM&M commentary.

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