%0 Journal Article
%T Meeting medical emergency response criteria for hypertension is not associated with an increased likelihood of in-hospital mortality in a tertiary referral center.
%A Tsang JNJ
%A Bacchi S
%A Ovenden CD
%A Goh R
%A Kovoor JG
%A Gupta AK
%A Min Le Y
%A Lam A
%A Stretton B
%A To MS
%A Woodman R
%A Mangoni AA
%A Malycha J
%J Resusc Plus
%V 19
%N 0
%D 2024 Sep
%M 38912533
暂无%R 10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100679
%X <B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Rapid response team or medical emergency team (MET) calls are typically activated by significant alterations of vital signs in inpatients. However, the clinical significance of a specific criterion, blood pressure elevations, is uncertain.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>The aim of this study was to evaluate the likelihood ratios associated with MET-activating vital signs, particularly in-patient hypertension, for predicting in-hospital mortality among general medicine inpatients who met MET criteria at any point during admission in a South Australian metropolitan teaching hospital.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Among the 15,734 admissions over a two-year period, 4282 (27.2%) met any MET criteria, with a positive likelihood ratio of 3.05 (95% CI 2.93 to 3.18) for in-hospital mortality. Individual MET criteria were significantly associated with in-hospital mortality, with the highest positive likelihood ratio for respiratory rate ≤ 7 breaths per minute (9.83, 95% CI 6.90 to 13.62), barring systolic pressure ≥ 200 mmHg (LR + 1.26, 95% CI 0.86 to 1.69).<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Our results show that meeting the MET criteria for hypertension, unlike other criteria, was not significant associated with in-hospital mortality. This observation warrants further research in other patient cohorts to determine whether blood pressure elevations should be routinely included in MET criteria.