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Table 4 Distribution of outcomes of the 253 included call-outs

From: Performance of the efferent limb of a rapid response system: an observational study of medical emergency team calls

 

Positive outcome

Negative outcome

Total

  

N

(%)

 

N

(%)

N

(%)

Admission to ICU

1. Timely admission (<4 hrs)

59

23 %

2. Delayed admission (≥4 hrs)

22

9 %

81

32 %

Alive on ward

3. No longer triggering

75

30 %

4. Still triggering

58

23 %

133

53 %

Died

5. With DNAR

6

2 %

6. No DNAR/ cardiac arrest

3

1 %

9

4 %

Other

7. Alive with DNAR

25

10 %

9. Lost to follow up

3

1 %

28

11 %

 

8. Othersa

2

1 %

   

2

1 %

Total

 

167

66 %

 

86

34 %

253

100 %

  1. aPatients were discharged to different hospital within 4 h