Clinical impact of implementing a rapid-response team based on the Modified Early Warning Score in wards that offer emergency department support.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emergency department (ED) crowding is a frequent situation. To decrease this overload, patients without a life-threating condition are transferred to wards that offer ED support. This study aimed to evaluate if implementing a rapid response team (RRT) triggered by the modified early warning score (MEWS) in high-risk wards offering ED support is associated with decreased in-hospital mortality rate.

Methods

A before-and-after cross-sectional study compared in-hospital mortality rates before and after implementation of an RRT triggered by the MEWS ≥4 in two wards of a tertiary hospital that offer ED support.

Results

We included 6863 patients hospitalized in these wards before RRT implementation from July 2015 through June 2017 and 6944 patients hospitalized in

SUBMITTER: Alves Silva LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8584721 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature