ReviewResuscitation2018
Rapid response systems.
Review in Resuscitation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
68 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Clinical Surveillance Technologies in Nonintensive Care Unit Hospital Settings: Systematic Review and Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- 2025 Korean Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Part 7. Pediatric basic life support.Clinical and experimental emergency medicine · 2026Guideline
- The Use of Rapid Response Teams to Reduce Failure to Rescue Events: A Systematic Review.Journal of patient safety · 2020Pooled it
- Development and validation of early warning score system: A systematic literature review.Journal of biomedical informatics · 2020Pooled it
- AI-enabled electrocardiography alert intervention and all-cause mortality: a pragmatic randomized clinical trial.Nature medicine · 2024Trial
- Technical Approaches to Predicting Acute Deterioration in Pediatric Inpatients: Protocol for a Scoping Review.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Performance of commonly used risk triage tools in predicting clinical deterioration among hospitalized hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.Haematologica · 2026Article
- Hospital-Wide Safety Performance Affects Complication Rates After Primary Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty.Arthroplasty today · 2026Article
- Prevalence, treatment, and outcomes of sepsis during rapid response team calls: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine · 2026Article
- Operational characteristics of a hospital rapid response team for public-area emergencies: a retrospective study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Characteristics and outcomes of patients with repeat rapid response team activations in a tertiary centre in Singapore.Singapore medical journal · 2026Article
- Exploring the provision and structure of paediatric critical care outreach teams (PCCOTs) in the UK and Ireland: a national questionnaire study.BMJ paediatrics open · 2025Article
- The effect of time constraints on resident performance in pediatric mock scenarios.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- What Evidence is Available on Rapid Response Systems Across Europe? Findings From a Scoping Review.Nursing in critical care · 2025Article
- A Data-Driven Model to Predict Delirium Based on Dynamic Patterns of Clinical Deterioration in Critically Ill Patients.Nursing in critical care · 2025Article
- Implementation of Remote Patient Monitoring and Earlier CERT Activation: Effects on ICU Transfer and Mortality.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The Epidemiology of Emergency Calls in a Tertiary Emergency Department for Admitted Patients: A TECOR Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Early warning score and feasible complementary approach using artificial intelligence-based bio-signal monitoring system: a review.Biomedical engineering letters · 2025Review
- A Realist-Informed Evaluation of a Rapid Response System for Mental State Deterioration in Acute Hospitals: Testing Program Theories Through Interviews.International journal of mental health nursing · 2025Article
- Rapid response system and mortality in intensive care unit: a nationwide cohort study in South Korea.Internal and emergency medicine · 2025Article
8 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
introductionRapid response systems are commonly employed by hospitals to identify and respond to deteriorating patients outside of the intensive care unit. Controversy exists about the benefits of rapid response systems.
aimsWe aimed to review the current state of the rapid response literature, including evolving aspects of afferent (risk detection) and efferent (intervention) arms, outcome measurement, process improvement, and implementation. DATA SOURCES: Articles written in English and published in PubMed.
resultsRapid response systems are heterogeneous, with important differences among afferent and efferent arms. Clinically meaningful outcomes may include unexpected mortality, in-hospital cardiac arrest, length of stay, cost, and processes of care at end of life. Both positive and negative interventional studies have been published, although the two largest randomized trials involving rapid response systems - the Medical Early Response and Intervention Trial (MERIT) and the Effect of a Pediatric Early Warning System on All-Cause Mortality in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients (EPOCH) trial - did not find a mortality benefit with these systems, albeit with important limitations. Advances in monitoring technologies, risk assessment strategies, and behavioral ergonomics may offer opportunities for improvement.
conclusionsRapid responses may improve some meaningful outcomes, although these findings remain controversial. These systems may also improve care for patients at the end of life. Rapid response systems are expected to continue evolving with novel developments in monitoring technologies, risk prediction informatics, and work in human factors.
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