Characteristics and outcomes of patients receiving a medical emergency team review for respiratory distress or hypotension.

Jon Quach; Andrew Downey; Michael Haase; Anja Haase-Fielitz; Daryl Jones; Rinaldo Bellomo

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Characteristics and outcomes of patients receiving a medical emergency team review for respiratory distress or hypotension.

September 17, 2008

Quach J, Downey A, Haase M, et al. J Crit Care. 2008;23(3):325-31.

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This study discovered that patients receiving a medical emergency team (MET) assessment tended to be elderly and had a mortality rate exceeding 35%, with the highest rates in those where the MET response was delayed.

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