Rapid response systems: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | PSNet

Provide Feedback |

Register

Review

Rapid response systems: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

July 29, 2015

Maharaj R, Raffaele I, Wendon J. Crit Care. 2015;19(1).

View more articles from the same authors.

This meta-analysis of rapid response systems concludes that despite the heterogeneity of included populations and varying study designs, rapid response teams do improve in-hospital mortality for pediatric and adult populations. This analysis supports the current widespread implementation of rapid response.

Free full text (PDF)

PubMed citation

Related Resources From the Same Author(s)

Interventions to improve oral chemotherapy safety and quality: a systematic review.

January 29, 2018

Risk management and patient safety in the artificial intelligence era: a systematic review.

March 27, 2024

Natural history of retained surgical items supports the need for team training, early recognition, and prompt retrieval.

September 24, 2014

Concealed renal insufficiency and adverse drug reactions in elderly hospitalized patients.

July 10, 2008

Retained surgical items: a problem yet to be solved.

January 18, 2013

Measuring the overall development of patient safety in a new hospital using trigger tools.

August 7, 2024

Validation of a secondary screener for suicide risk: results from the Emergency Department Safety Assessment and Follow-up Evaluation (ED-SAFE).

June 17, 2020

Analysis of readmissions in a mobile integrated health transitional care program using root cause analysis and common cause analysis.

May 25, 2022

Effect of an emergency department process improvement package on suicide prevention: the ED-SAFE 2 cluster randomized clinical trial.

May 31, 2023

Prescribing patterns of heart failure-exacerbating medications following a heart failure hospitalization.

February 12, 2020

View More

Related Resources

Rapid response systems.

July 18, 2024

Why do healthcare professionals fail to escalate as per the early warning system (EWS) protocol? A qualitative evidence synthesis of the barriers and facilitators of escalation.

February 17, 2021

Is there a role for patients and their relatives in escalating clinical deterioration in hospital? A systematic review.

October 10, 2017

Paediatric early warning systems for detecting and responding to clinical deterioration in children: a systematic review.

March 29, 2017

The impact of implementation of family-initiated escalation of care for the deteriorating patient in hospital: a systematic review.

November 23, 2016

How to avoid catastrophic events on the ward.

July 27, 2016

Rapid response teams improve outcomes—Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.

March 30, 2016

Consumer participation in early detection of the deteriorating patient and call activation to rapid response systems: a literature review.

January 22, 2016

Outreach and Early Warning Systems (EWS) for the prevention of Intensive Care admission and death of critically ill adult patients on general hospital wards.

October 3, 2011

Systematic review and evaluation of physiological track and trigger warning systems for identifying at-risk patients on the ward.

May 5, 2010

View More

See More About The Topic

Health Care Executives and Administrators

Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events

Rapid Response Team

To sign up for updates or to access your subscriber preferences, please enter your email address below.

5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Telephone: (301) 427-1364