Reduced frequency of cardiopulmonary arrests by rapid response teams.
Einstein (Sao Paulo)
; 10(4): 442-8, 2012.
Article
em En, Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23386084
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of the implementation of a rapid response team on the rate of cardiorespiratory arrests in mortality associated with cardiorespiratory arrests and on in-hospital mortality in a high complexity general hospital. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of cardiorespiratory arrests and in-hospital mortality events before and after implementation of a rapid response team. The period analyzed covered 19 months before intervention by the team (August 2005 to February 2007) and 19 months after the intervention (March 2007 to September 2008). RESULTS: During the pre-intervention period, 3.54 events of cardiorespiratory arrest/1,000 discharges and 16.27 deaths/1,000 discharges were noted. After the intervention, there was a reduction in the number of cardiorespiratory arrests and in the rate of in-hospital mortality; respectively, 1.69 events of cardiorespiratory arrest/1,000 discharges (p < 0.001) and 14.34 deaths/1,000 discharges (p = 0.029). CONCLUSION: The implementation of the rapid response team may have caused a significant reduction in the number of cardiorespiratory arrests. It was estimated that during the period from March 2007 to September 2008, the intervention probably saved 67 lives.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Mortalidade Hospitalar
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Reanimação Cardiopulmonar
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Equipe de Respostas Rápidas de Hospitais
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Parada Cardíaca
Tipo de estudo:
Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
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Pt
Revista:
Einstein (Sao Paulo)
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil