Predictors of Second Medical Emergency Team Activation Within 24 Hours of Index Event

This study explored the trajectory of patients who remained on a general unit after medical emergency team activation. Of those who had a second activation within 24 hours, 80% occurred within 12 hours of the baseline activation. Chest pain and recent intensive care unit discharge were associated wi...

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Published inJournal of nursing care quality Vol. 33; no. 2; p. 157
Main Authors Still, Mary, Vanderlaan, Jennifer, Brown, Courtenay, Gordon, Melissa, Graham, Kimberly, Holder, Carolyn, McMurtry, James P, Meyer, Ellen, Morelock, Vicki, Shapiro, Susan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.04.2018
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Summary:This study explored the trajectory of patients who remained on a general unit after medical emergency team activation. Of those who had a second activation within 24 hours, 80% occurred within 12 hours of the baseline activation. Chest pain and recent intensive care unit discharge were associated with having a second activation. There were statistically, not clinically, significant associations between mean vital signs and second activations; however, the patterns of change may be clinically useful.
ISSN:1550-5065
DOI:10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000272