Vital Signs Directed Therapy for the Critically Ill: Improved Adherence to the Treatment Protocol Two Years after Implementation in an Intensive Care Unit in Tanzania
Treating deranged vital signs is a mainstay of critical care throughout the world. In an ICU in a university hospital in Tanzania, the implementation of the Vital Signs Directed Therapy Protocol in 2014 led to an increase in acute treatments for deranged vital signs. The mortality rate for hypotensi...
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Main Authors: | Anna Hvarfner, Jonas Blixt, Carl Otto Schell, Markus Castegren, Edwin R. Lugazia, Moses Mulungu, Helena Litorp, Tim Baker |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-01-01
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Series: | Emergency Medicine International |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4819805 |
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