The impact of the presence of systemic inflammatory response syndrome in the emergency department on the timing and outcomes of medical emergency team calls after admission: A retrospective audit

To investigate if systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), present on arrival to the emergency department, correlates with the timing of medical emergency team calls (MET calls), mortality, length of stay, and discharge destination. A retrospective audit was performed on patients who had a ME...

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Published in:Journal of clinical gerontology & geriatrics 2016-12, Vol.7 (4), p.119-123
Main Authors: Harianto, Harry, Watson, Benjamin, van der Klift, Julie, Valentine, Sandi, Marriott, Jonathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
aging
emergency department
medical emergency team
older
rapid response team
systemic inflammatory response syndrome
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Summary:To investigate if systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), present on arrival to the emergency department, correlates with the timing of medical emergency team calls (MET calls), mortality, length of stay, and discharge destination. A retrospective audit was performed on patients who had a MET call during their admission and were over the age of 75 years during a 6-month period. A total of 127 patients were included: 43 with SIRS and 84 without. There was a greater amount of MET calls within 48 hours for the SIRS group compared with the Non-SIRS group (48.8% vs. 27.4%), with an odds ratio of 2.54 (95% confidence interval: 1.18–5.45, p
ISSN:2210-8335
2210-8343
DOI:10.1016/j.jcgg.2016.06.001