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Continuous Monitoring for Early Detection of Deterioration on General Care Units

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This chapter reviews some of the common suggestions for adoption of higher monitoring frequency in CGUs; characteristics of recent continuous monitoring technology and systems; their potential advantages and disadvantages; emerging evidence for effectiveness and cost benefit; and likely impact on patient safety.

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    Magnolia Cardona-Morrell MBBS, MPH, PhD, Eyal Zimlichman & Andreas Taenzer

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  1. Department of Surgery, Critical Care, Harlem Hospital Center, New York, New York, USA

    Michael A. DeVita

  2. The Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, South Western Sydney Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, the Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research and Intensive Care, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool BC, New South Wales, Australia

    Ken Hillman

  3. Department of Intensive Care, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

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  5. Intensive Care Unit, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

    Daryl A. Jones

  6. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Bradford D. Winters

  7. Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA

    Geoffrey K. Lighthall

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Cardona-Morrell, M., Zimlichman, E., Taenzer, A. (2017). Continuous Monitoring for Early Detection of Deterioration on General Care Units. In: DeVita, M., et al. Textbook of Rapid Response Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39391-9_26

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