Epidemiology and outcome of medical emergency team calls within 48 hours of intensive care unit discharge
One in 12 patients received post-ICU early MET review. This was more likely in patients who were invasively ventilated, had higher illness severity and had certain admission diagnoses. Such patients were at risk for worse outcomes. There is a need to identify reversible factors contributing to such increased risk.
Authors
- Rinaldo Bellomo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1650-8939)
- Daryl Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6446-3595)
- Helen Opdam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7844-9129)
- Emily See (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4436-4319)
- Glenn M. Eastwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7700-9933)
- J. Laurence Ransom
Institutions
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Austin Hospital (AU)
- Organ and Tissue Authority (AU)
- Austin Health (AU)
- ACT Government (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Internal Medicine Journal
- Published
- 2024-10-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.16538
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39