Rapid response teams have been introduced to intervene in the care of patients whose condition deteriorates unexpectedly by bringing clinical experts quickly to the patient's bedside. Evidence supporting the need to overcome failure to deliver optimal care in hospitals is robust; whether rapid response teams demonstrate benefit by improving patient safety and reducing the occurrence of adverse ...

Objectives: This study aimed to the characteristics of in-hospital deterioration in patients with congenital heart disease who required rapid response system activation and identify risk factors associated 1-month mortality. Methods: We retrospectively analysed data from a Japanese registry 35 participating hospitals. included consecutive between January 2014 March 2018. Logistic regression ana...

BACKGROUND Rapid response teams have been widely adopted across the world. Although evidence for their efficacy is not clear, they remain a popular means to detect and react to patient deterioration. This may in part be due to there being no standardized approach to their usage or implementation. A key component of their ability to be effective is the speed of response. OBJECTIVE The objectiv...

BACKGROUND Prior studies concentrated on unplanned intensive care unit (ICU) transfer to gauge deterioration occurring shortly following hospital admission. However, examining only ICU transfers is not ideal since patients could stabilize with treatment, refuse ICU admission, or not require ICU evaluation. To further explore etiologies of early clinical deterioration, we used rapid response tea...

The ongoing epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa has been the most catastrophic in history, with widespread transmission in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.1 As of March 2015, there had been over 25 000 probable, suspected, or confirmed cases and more than 10 000 deaths.1Cases have also appeared in other countries, including the United States.1 In response to the epidemic, the...