Patient physiological status at the emergency department-ward interface and emergency calls for clinical deterioration during early hospital admission

Abstract

Aims: To examine the relationship between physiological status at the emergency department-ward interface and emergency calls (medical emergency team or cardiac arrest team activation) during the first 72hours of hospital admission. Background: Ward adverse events are related to abnormal physiology in emergency department however the relationship between physiology at the emergency department-ward interface and ward adverse events is unknown. Design: Descriptive and exploratory design. Methods: The study involved 1980 patients at three hospitals in Melbourne Australia: i) 660 randomly selected adults admitted via the emergency department to medical or surgical wards during 2012 and who had a..