AIM: To determine the distribution of outcomes following a medical emergency team (MET) call using a modified version of the multidisciplinary audit and evaluation of outcomes of rapid response (MAELOR) tool, and to evaluate its usefulness in monitoring the performance of the efferent limb of the @entity1850 ( @entity1850 ) at our institution. METHOD: An observational study of prospectively collected data including all MET calls at our institution during the 36 weeks study period (23 December 2013 - 31 august 2014). Outcomes of MET calls were registered 24 h after the call occurred and categorized according to the MAELOR tool. RESULTS: Fifty-five of a total of 308 MET calls were excluded due to prior limitations in treatment. Of the remaining cases 66 % had positive outcomes. Thirty two percent of the calls resulted in transfer to the ICU, of these 73 % occurred within 4 h. @entity1 remained on the ward in 53 % of the cases, and 56 % of these were no longer triggering at follow up. Nine @entity1 had died at follow-up, three without a DNAR order. Three @entity1 were lost to follow-up, two @entity1 were discharged from the hospital and 25 remained alive on the ward with a DNAR as a consequence of the MET call. CONCLUSIONS: ICU transfer was implemented rapidly in most cases once the decision was made, but a disturbingly large number of @entity1 , who remained on the ward were still triggering at 24 h follow-up. We found the MAELOR-tool useful to evaluate @entity1850 efferent limb performance.

Performance of the efferent limb of a XXXX : an observational study of medical emergency team calls.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity1850 :: ('MESH:D018746', 'Disease') :: ['RRS', 'rapid response system']
@entity1850 :: (MESH:D018746,Disease) :: ['rapid response system']
