Using an MET service to manage an acute thromboembolic stroke.

Daryl Jones; Rinaldo Bellomo; Tim Leong

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Using an MET service to manage an acute thromboembolic stroke.

January 5, 2017

Jones D, Bellomo R, Leong T. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32(7):361-5, 357.

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The authors present a case study to illustrate the value of medical emergency teams in caring for acutely unwell patients.

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