The impact of frailty and rapid response team activation on patients admitted to the intensive care unit: A case‐control matched, observational, single‐centre cohort study
Christopher Dugan,
Suzanne Weightman,
Vanessa Palmer
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundFrailty is a multi‐dimensional syndrome associated with mortality and adverse outcomes in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Further investigation is warranted to explore the interplay among factors such as frailty, clinical deterioration triggering a medical emergency team (MET) review, and outcomes following admission to the ICU.MethodsSingle‐centre, retrospective observational case‐control study of adult patients (>18 years) admitted to a medical‐surgical ICU with (cases) or wi… Show more
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