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Rapid response team diagnoses: frequencies and related hospital mortality.

Critical Care and Resuscitation, 2017
OBJECTIVES To describe the frequency and hospital mortality of problems (diagnoses) encountered by a rapid response team (RRT), and to identify the most common diagnoses for RRT triggers and for treating units.
Roger J. Smith, J. Santamaria, Espedito E. Faraone, J. Holmes, David A. Reid   +4 more
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Predictors of In-hospital Mortality after Rapid Response Team Calls in a 274 Hospital Nationwide Sample [PDF]

Critical Care Medicine, 2018
Objectives: Despite wide adoption of rapid response teams across the United States, predictors of in-hospital mortality for patients receiving rapid response team calls are poorly characterized.
Claire Shappell, Ashley Snyder, D. Edelson, M. Churpek   +3 more
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Rapid response team and hospital mortality in hospitalized patients [PDF]

Intensive Care Medicine, 2016
Although rapid response systems are known to reduce in-hospital cardiac arrest rate, their effect on mortality remains debated. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of implementing an intensivist-led rapid response team (RRT) on mortality in hospitalized patients.An implementation of an intervention and a comparison with retrospective data ...
B. Jung, A. Daurat, Audrey de Jong, G. Chanques, Martin Mahul, M. Monnin, N. Molinari, S. Jaber   +7 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

A multi-facetted patient safety resource-A qualitative interview study on hospital managers' perception of the nurse-led Rapid Response Team.

Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2023
AIM To explore hospital managers' perceptions of the Rapid Response Team. DESIGN An explorative qualitative study using semi-structured individual interviews.
M. Axelsen, Mette Baumgarten, C. Egholm, J. Jensen, T. Thomsen, G. Bunkenborg   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Rapid response team activation prior to in-hospital cardiac arrest: Areas for improvements based on a national cohort study.

Resuscitation, 2023
INTRODUCTION Rapid response teams (RRTs) are designed to improve the "chain of prevention" of in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA). We studied the 30-day survival of patients reviewed by RRTs within 24 hours prior to IHCA, as compared to patients not ...
Anna Thorén, M. Jonsson, M. Spångfors, E. Joelsson-Alm, J. Jakobsson, A. Rawshani, T. Kahan, J. Engdahl, Arvid Jadenius, Erik Boberg von Platen, J. Herlitz, T. Djärv   +11 more
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Rapid response systems in Korea [PDF]

Acute and Critical Care, 2019
The inpatient treatment process is becoming more and more complicated with advanced treatments, aging of the patient population, and multiple comorbidities. During the process, patients often experience unexpected deterioration, about half of which might
Bo Young Lee, Sang-Bum Hong
doaj   +1 more source

The associations between rapid response systems and their components with patient outcomes: A scoping review

International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 2023
Background: While rapid response systems have been widely implemented, their impact on patient outcomes remains unclear. Further understanding of their components—including medical emergency team triggers, medical emergency team member composition ...
Rebecca J. Piasecki, Cheryl R. Dennison Himmelfarb, Kelly T. Gleason, Rachel M. Justice, Elizabeth A. Hunt   +4 more
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Early Experience of Medical Alert System in a Rural Training Hospital: a Pilot Study [PDF]

Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2017
Background Medical emergency teams (METs) have shown their merit in preventing unexpected cardiac arrest. However, it might be impractical for small- or medium-sized hospitals to operate an MET due to limited manpower and resources.
Maru Kim
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Evaluation of Medical Emergency Team Activation in Surgical Wards [PDF]

Journal of Acute Care Surgery, 2019
Purpose A review was performed to determine the frequency of activating medical emergency teams (MET) in surgical wards, so that resource allocation could be optimized.
Moon Suk Choi, Dae Sang Lee, Chi Min Park   +2 more
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Association Between Language Use and ICU Transfer and Serious Adverse Events in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients Who Experience Rapid Response Activation

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
BackgroundHospitalized patients and caregivers who use a language other than English have worse health outcomes, including longer length of stay, more frequent readmissions, and increased rates of in-hospital adverse events.
Jessica E. McDade, Aleksandra E. Olszewski, Aleksandra E. Olszewski, Pingping Qu, Jessica Ramos, Shaquita Bell, Alicia Adiele, Joan Roberts, Tumaini R. Coker   +8 more
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