The association between hospital length of stay before rapid response system activation and clinical outcomes: a retrospective multicenter cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rapid response system (RRS) is being increasingly adopted to improve patient safety in hospitals worldwide. However, predictors of survival outcome after RRS activation because of unexpected clinical deterioration are not well defined. We investigated whether hospital length of stay (LOS) before RRS activation can predict the clinical outcomes.

Methods

Using a nationwide multicenter RRS database, we identified patients for whom RRS was activated during hospitalization at 9 tertiary referral hospitals in South Korea between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2017. All information on patient characteristics, RRS activation, and clinical outcomes were retrospectively collected by reviewing patient medical records at each center. Patients were categorized into two grou

SUBMITTER: Park J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7891162 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature