Recognising clinical instability in hospital patients before cardiac arrest or unplanned admission to intensive care: A pilot study in a tertiary‐care hospital

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the nature and duration of clinical instability (i.e., abnormalities in simple physical observations or laboratory test results) in hospital patients before a "critical event" (i.e., a cardiac arrest or an unplanned admission to intensive care). DESIGN: Retrospective survey... View More