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The Impact of Delayed RRS Activation

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Modern hospitals service patients of increasing complexity and co-morbidity.1 Despite advances in technology and the best efforts of hospital staff, several studies have demonstrated that 6–17% of all hospital admissions are complicated by serious adverse events.2–8 These events are often unrelated to the patient’s underlying medical condition and in approximately 10% of cases they will result in permanent disability and even death.

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Jones, D., Haase, M., Bellomo, R. (2011). The Impact of Delayed RRS Activation. In: DeVita, M., Hillman, K., Bellomo, R. (eds) Textbook of Rapid Response Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92853-1_17

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