From: Effect of the medical emergency team on long-term mortality following major surgery
 | Control period | MET period | P value |
---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 1116 | 1067 | - |
Age average (standard deviation) | 60.8 (19.7) | 60.1 (19.5) | 0.46 |
Percentage female | 41.52 | 42.61 | 0.49 |
Number of procedures | 1369 | 1313 | Â |
Procedures per parent unit | |||
   Cardiac surgerya | 188 | 141 | 0.04 |
   Thoracic surgery | 141 | 117 | 0.22 |
   General surgery/colorectal | 288 | 313 | 0.08 |
   Orthopaedic surgerya | 253 | 289 | 0.02 |
   Vascular surgery | 160 | 132 | 0.17 |
   Haematology | 5 | 1 | 0.22 |
   Neurosurgerya | 147 | 112 | 0.05 |
   Plastic surgery | 77 | 84 | 0.40 |
   Spinal injury unit | 3 | 5 | 0.50 |
   Liver transplant unit | 28 | 15 | 0.06 |
   Nephrology | 8 | 2 | 0.11 |
   Cardiology | 4 | 4 | >0.99 |
   Oncology | 6 | 2 | 0.29 |
   Urologya | 23 | 48 | 0.001 |
   Gynaecology | 7 | 12 | 0.21 |
   Paediatric surgery | 11 | 8 | 0.55 |
   General medicine | 10 | 3 | 0.09 |
   ENT/faciomaxillary surgerya | 9 | 24 | 0.005 |