@article{22660,
  author = {Seppelt I. and Flabouris A. and Thompson C. and Sundararajan K.},
  title = {Elderly patients are at high risk of night-time admission to the intensive care unit following a rapid response team call},
  abstract = {<p>
Previous studies have shown that elderly patients (age &gt;/=65 years) are less likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit following a rapid response team call and have high hospital mortality rates. This study has shown that elderly patients have a significantly higher probability of being admitted to an intensive care unit following a rapid response team call at night than during the day. However, at no time are they at greater risk than younger patients of incomplete vital sign recording, a failure to escalate care for acute deterioration or mortality.
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},
  year = {2016},
  journal = {Intern Med J},
  volume = {46},
  edition = {2016/12/17},
  number = {12},
  pages = {1440-1442},
  isbn = {1445-5994 (Electronic)<br/>1444-0903 (Linking)},
  note = {Sundararajan, K<br/>Flabouris, A<br/>Thompson, C<br/>Seppelt, I<br/>George Institute of Global Health and the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group Point Prevalence study Investigators<br/>Australia<br/>Intern Med J. 2016 Dec;46(12):1440-1442. doi: 10.1111/imj.13281.},
  language = {eng},
}