What Happens After Rapid Responses in Patients Who Don't Transfer to a Higher Level of Care?

Second rapid responses within 1 day are more likely among recent intensive care transfers.

Although rapid response teams (RRTs) improve outcomes in hospitalized patients (NEJM JW Gen Med Nov 15 2016 and J Hosp Med 2016; 11:438) due to early interventions and transfer to more-intensive care settings, we don't know what happens to patients who remain in the same clinical setting after RRT activation. Investigators evaluated nearly 1000 consecutive RRT activations in patients at two large teaching hospitals during 20 months; they excluded patients who were transferred to a higher level of care (50%) and those who died or were sent to hospice (2%) following rapid responses.

Among the 471 patients who remained in the same location after resolution of rapid response events, second RRT activations occurred in 18% of patients within 24 ho…

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Daniel D. Dressler, MD, MSc, SFHM, FACP

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RoyaltiesMcGraw-Hill; Elsevier

Editorial BoardsMedical Clinics of North America; Caribbean Medical Journal International Advisory Panel (2021–2026)

Daniel D. Dressler, MD, MSc, SFHM, FACP

Disclosures

RoyaltiesMcGraw-Hill; Elsevier

Editorial BoardsMedical Clinics of North America; Caribbean Medical Journal International Advisory Panel (2021–2026)

What Happens After Rapid Responses in Patients Who Don't Transfer to a Higher Level of Care?

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