Death, Sudden,Cardiac
Conditions
Keywords
MET
Brief summary
Patients in general wards have abnormal physical values preceding in-hospital cardiac arrest or a transfer to intensive care unit (ICU). The purpose of Medical Emergency Team (MET) or EMS is to interfere early enough in deteriorating patient status to prevent adverse outcomes like cardiac arrest or transfer to intensive care unit. The aims of this study are to record and analyze the effects of EMS and department of emergency and both afferent and efferent limbs of MET activity in Finnish tertiary Hospital.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Tampere University Hospital
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 18 yrs or older
Exclusion criteria
* under 18 yrs
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| In-hospital mortality | patients are followed until death |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The rates of ICU readmissions | one month to six year | — |
| The rates of DNAR orders | one month to six year | — |
| The number of patients EMS or medical emergency team is called to treat | one month to six years | We are going to analyze the number of MET calls and their impact on sudden cardiac arrests in TAUH. The time frame is 1st Jan 2010 -31st Dec 2015. It is known fact that well working MET team inside the hospital should decrease the sudden cardiac arrests. We also analyze the EMS calls and the ED visits in June 2015 to see if patient detoriation is related to sudden in-hospital death. |
| Patient mortality after 6 mo of discharge | one month to six year | The patients are followed 6 mo after hospital discharge which has happened in year 2010 |
Countries
Finland
Outcome results
None listed