Using rapid response system trigger clusters to characterize patterns of clinical deterioration among hospitalized adult patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many rapid response system (RRS) events are activated using multiple triggers. However, the patterns in which RRS triggers co-occur to activate the medical emergency team (MET) to respond to RRS events is unknown. The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the patterns (RRS trigger clusters) in which RRS triggers co-occur when used to activate the MET and determine the association of these clusters with outcomes using a sample of hospitalized adult patients.

Methods

RRS events among adult patients from January 2015 to December 2019 in the Get With The Guidelines- Resuscitation registry's MET module were examined (n=134,406). A combination of cluster analyses methods was performed to group patients into RRS trigger clusters based on the triggers used to

SUBMITTER: Piasecki RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9934794 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature