GC: n

S: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg50 (last access: 16 July 2015); http://www.bmj.com/podcast/2012/09/07/acutely-ill-patients (last access: 30 October 2012); NAVARRO p.16.

N: Patients who are, or become, acutely unwell in hospital may receive suboptimal care. This may be because their deterioration is not recognised, or because – despite indications of clinical deterioration – it is not appreciated, or not acted upon sufficiently rapidly. Communication and documentation are often poor, experience might be lacking and provision of critical care expertise, including admission to critical care areas, delayed.

S: http://publications.nice.org.uk/acutely-ill-patients-in-hospital-cg50 (last access: 16 July 2015)

SYN:
S:

CR: terminally ill