Research
Using Medical Emergency Teams to detect preventable adverse events
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* Corresponding author: Alan J Forster aforster@ohri.ca
1 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada
2 Department of Anaesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada
3 Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 725 Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 4E9, Canada
Critical Care 2009, 13:R126 doi:10.1186/cc7983
See related letter by Stamel and Mehler, http://ccforum.com/content/13/5/420 and see related commentary by Amaral and Smojania, http://ccforum.com/content/13/5/194
Published: 30 July 2009Additional files
Additional file 1:
Appendix 1 containing our case review form.
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Additional file 2:
A text box with several examples of adverse events identified during the study.
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Additional file 3:
Appendix 2 with descriptions of all adverse events identified during the study.
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