ArticleCritical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine2023
Breaches of pre-medical emergency team call criteria in an Australian hospital.
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- The Epidemiology of Emergency Calls in a Tertiary Emergency Department for Admitted Patients: A TECOR Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Objectives and outcomes: To evaluate the 24hrs before medical emergency team (MET) calls to examine: 1) the frequency, nature, and timing of pre-MET criteria breaches; 2) differences in characteristics and outcomes between patients who did and didn't experience pre-MET breaches. Design: Retrospective observational study November 2020-June 2021. Setting: Tertiary referral Australian hospital. Participants: Adults (≥18 years) experiencing MET calls. Results: Breaches in pre-MET criteria occurred prior to 1886/2255 (83.6%) MET calls, and 1038/1281 (81.0%) of the first MET calls. Patients with pre-MET breaches were older (median [IQR] 72 [57-81] vs 66 [56-77] yrs), more likely to be admitted from home (87.8% vs 81.9%) and via the emergency department (73.0% vs 50.2%), but less likely to be for full resuscitation after (67.3% vs 76.5%) the MET. The three most common pre-MET breaches were low SpO Conclusions: Four-fifths of MET calls were preceded by pre-MET criteria breaches, which were present for many hours. Such patients were older, had more limits of treatment, and experienced worse outcomes. There is a need to improve goals of care documentation and pre-MET management of clinical deterioration.
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