Table 1 Characteristics of Medical Emergency Team calls
From: Using Medical Emergency Teams to detect preventable adverse events
Characteristic | All | Patients with preventable AEs | Patients without preventable AEs | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | 65 | 16 | 49 | N/A |
Age, years | 71 (60–81) | 76 (68–82) | 68 (59–81) | 0.32 |
Service | 0.02 | |||
A | 12 (18%) | 1 (6%) | 11 (22%) | |
B | 8 (12%) | 2 (13%) | 6 (12%) | |
C | 7 (11%) | 5 (31%) | 2 (4%) | |
D | 5 (8%) | 2 (13%) | 3 (6%) | |
E | 5 (8%) | 1 (6%) | 4 (8%) | |
F | 4 (6%) | 2 (13%) | 2 (4%) | |
Other | 24 (37%) | 3 (19%) | 21 (43%) | |
Admission status | 0.31 | |||
Acute | 59 (91%) | 14 (88%) | 45 (92%) | |
Chronic | 6 (9%) | 2 (13%) | 4 (8%) | |
Length of stay, daysa | 4 (2–12.5) | 4 (3–21) | 4 (2–11) | 0.51 |
Call indication | 0.23 | |||
Blood pressure | 23 (35%) | 5 (31%) | 18 (37%) | |
Airway | 11 (17%) | 1 (6%) | 10 (20%) | |
Heart rate | 8 (12%) | 3 (19%) | 5 (10%) | |
Oxygen saturation | 9 (14%) | 3 (19%) | 6 (12%) | |
Respiratory rate | 2 (3%) | 1 (6%) | 1 (2%) | |
Urine output | 1 (2%) | 1 (6%) | 0 | |
Other | 11 (17%) | 2 (13%) | 9 (18%) | |
Time of dayb | ||||
Day (8 a.m.-5 p.m.) | 32 (49%) | 6 (38%) | 26 (53%) | |
Night (5 p.m.-8 a.m.) | 33 (51%) | 10 (63%) | 23 (47%) |