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Table 1 Demographic data

From: Unexpected versus all-cause mortality as the endpoint for investigating the effects of a Rapid Response System in hospitalized patients

  

Medical

Surgical

Deaths, n

 

2345

1063

Implementation phases of the rapid response system, n (%)

Before

387 (17)

189 (18)

MEWS

643 (27)

267 (25)

RRT implementation

940 (40)

460 (43)

Final RRT

375 (16)

147 (14)

Gender, male, n (%)

 

1261 (54)

1084 (54)

Age, years, median (IQR)

 

78.4 (68.3–85.6)

81.4 (73.6–87.0)

Death on Intensive Care Unit, n (%)

 

48 (2)

43 (4)

Time of death, n (%)

0000–0559 h

701 (30)

302 (28)

 

0600–1159 h

555 (24)

255 (24)

 

1200–1759 h

530 (23)

245 (23)

 

1800–2359 h

508 (22)

241 (23)

 

Unknown

51 (2)

20 (2)

Hospital length of stay, median (IQR)

6 (3–13)

7 (3–16)

Number of RRT consultations before death

56 (45)

68 (55)

 

0–24 h

45 (80)

62 (92)

 

24–48 h

3 (5)

5 (7)

 

>48 h

8 (14)

1 (1)

Initiation of LOMT order by RRT

 

7 (13)

9 (13)

  1. RRT rapid response team, LOMT limitation of medical treatment