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Mary Still1, Jennifer Vanderlaan, Courtenay Brown
1Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia (Mss Still, Brown, Gordon, Graham, Holder, Meyer, and Morelock and Mr McMurtry); and Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, Georgia (Ms Vanderlaan and Dr Shapiro).
Abstract:
This study explored the trajectory of patients who remained on a general unit after medical emergency team activation. Of those who had a second activation within 24 hours, 80% occurred within 12 hours of the baseline activation. Chest pain and recent intensive care unit discharge were associated with having a second activation. There were statistically, not clinically, significant associations between mean vital signs and second activations; however, the patterns of change may be clinically useful.
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