Delayed rapid response team activation is associated with increased hospital mortality, morbidity, and length of stay in a tertiary care institution

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 54-63

  Barwise, Amelia ^a   Thongprayoon, Charat ^a   Gajic, Ognjen ^a   Jensen, Jeffrey ^a   Herasevich, Vitaly ^a   Pickering, Brian W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

delay; intensive care; morbidity; mortality; outcomes; rapid response team

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSOCIATION; BRADYCARDIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TACHYCARDIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THORAX PAIN; VITAL SIGN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84951159804     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001346     Document Type: Article

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