Effectiveness of a daytime rapid response system in hospitalized surgical ward patients.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Clinical deteriorations during hospitalization are often preventable with a rapid response system (RRS). We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a daytime RRS for surgical hospitalized patients. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study was conducted in 20 general surgical wards at a 1,779-bed University hospital from August 2013 to July 2017 (August 2013 to July 2015, pre-RRS-period; August 2015 to July 2017, post-RRS-period). The primary outcome was incidence of cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) when the RRS was operating. The secondary outcomes were the incidence of total and preventable cardiopulmonary arrest, in-hospital mortality, the percentage of "do not resuscitate" orders, and the survival of discharged CPA patients. RESULTS:The relative risk (RR) of CPA per 1,000 admission

SUBMITTER: Yang E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7280793 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature