Are All MET Calls Required? Patient Characteristics Who Have MET Calls in General Medical Wards

Patient characteristics and disposition after pediatric medical emergency team (MET) activation: disposition depends on who activates the team.

OBJECTIVES This study focused on health care staff (HCS) responsible for activating the medical emergency team (MET) at a pediatric tertiary hospital using a well-established rapid response system. Our goals were to report the patient characteristics, MET interventions, and disposition by activating HCS. METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study of pediatric patients who received MET activ...

WHO warns over complacency as targets on Ebola are met.

An official leading the World Health Organization’s response to the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in west Africa has warned against complacency as the targets set by the United Nations for safe burial and isolation are met. At the end of October the UN’s Mission for Ebola Emergency Response set two targets to be met by 1 December—that 70% of burials took place in a safe and dignified manner a...

Are the medical needs of mentally handicapped adults being met?

This paper reports on the apparent inadequate level of primary medical care provided to many of the 151 mentally handicapped people who attend an adult training centre. A large number of common medical problems were identified that were not known to the general practitioners and/or were not being managed, including problems known to be associated with Down's syndrome. Many trainees were further...

Patient Characteristics and Disposition After Pediatric Medical Emergency Team (MET) Activation: Disposition

99 | AUTHORS Anna-Theresa Lobos, MD,1 Rachel Fernandes, BSc, MSc Candidate,2 Tim Ramsay, MSc, PhD,2,3,4 James Dayre McNally, MD, PhD1,5 1Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada; 2Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canad...

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