Pediatric Medical Emergency Team Events and Outcomes: A Report of 3647 Events From the American Heart Association's Get With the Guidelines-Resuscitation Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of a large, multicenter cohort of pediatric medical emergency team (MET) events occurring in US hospitals reported to the American Heart Association's Get With the Guidelines-Resuscitation registry.

Methods

We analyzed consecutive pediatric (<18 years) MET events reported to the registry from January 2006 to February 2012.

Results

We identified 3647 MET events from 151 US hospitals: 3080 (84%) ward and 567 (16%) telemetry/step-down unit events; median age 3.0 years (interquartile range: 0.0-11.0); 54% male; median duration 29 minutes (interquartile range: 18-49). Triggers included decreased oxygen saturation (32%), difficulty breathing (26%), and staff concern (24%). Thirty-seven percent (1137/3059) were

SUBMITTER: Raymond TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6171352 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature