@article{e28ac2b758f241e49a650cba27134f36,
title = "{"}Identifying the hospitalised patient in crisis{"}--a consensus conference on the afferent limb of rapid response systems",
abstract = "Most reports of Rapid Response Systems (RRS) focus on the efferent, response component of the system, although evidence suggests that improved vital sign monitoring and recognition of a clinical crisis may have outcome benefits. There is no consensus regarding how best to detect patient deterioration or a clear description of what constitutes patient monitoring.",
keywords = "Heart Arrest, Humans, Inpatients, Monitoring, Physiologic, Resuscitation, Vital Signs",
author = "DeVita, {Michael A} and Smith, {Gary B} and Adam, {Sheila K} and Inga Adams-Pizarro and Michael Buist and Rinaldo Bellomo and Robert Bonello and Erga Cerchiari and Barbara Farlow and Donna Goldsmith and Helen Haskell and Kenneth Hillman and Michael Howell and Marilyn Hravnak and Hunt, {Elizabeth A} and Andreas Hvarfner and John Kellett and Lighthall, {Geoffrey K} and Anne Lippert and Lippert, {Freddy K} and Razeen Mahroof and Myers, {Jennifer S} and Mark Rosen and Stuart Reynolds and Armando Rotondi and Francesca Rubulotta and Bradford Winters",
note = "Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.008",
language = "English",
volume = "81",
pages = "375--82",
journal = "Resuscitation",
issn = "0300-9572",
publisher = "Elsevier Ireland Ltd",
number = "4",
}