Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Recognizing and Responding to Clinical Deterioration Outside the ICU: 2023.

Kimia Honarmand; Randy S Wax; Daleen Penoyer; Geoffery Lighthall; Valerie Danesh; Bram Rochwerg; Michael L Cheatham; Daniel P Davis; Michael A. DeVita; James Downar; Dana P. Edelson; Alison Fox-Robichaud; Shigeki Fujitani; Raeann M Fuller; Helen Haskell; Matthew Inada-Kim; Daryl Jones; Anand Kumar; Keith M Olsen; Daniel D Rowley; John Welch; Marie R Baldisseri; John Kellett; Heidi Knowles; Jonathan K Shipley; Philipp Kolb; Sophie P Wax; Jonathan D Hecht; Frank Sebat

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Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Recognizing and Responding to Clinical Deterioration Outside the ICU: 2023.

February 7, 2024

Honarmand K, Wax RS, Penoyer D, et al. Crit Care Med. 2024;52(2):314-330.

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Rapid recognition and response to patient deterioration is a crucial element of safe inpatient care. This guideline is comprised of 10 statements focusing on identification of deterioration in patients outside of the intensive care unit (ICU). Recommendations include organization-wide rapid response team activation criteria, patient deterioration training, and accurate vital sign monitoring.

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