The epidemiology of XXXX during rapid response team reviews in a teaching hospital.

@entity1 @entity281 @entity295 @entity1850
In a three-month retrospective study, we assessed the proportion of rapid response team (RRT) calls associated with @entity1850 ( @entity1850 ) and @entity295 . We also documented the site of @entity281 (whether it was community- or hospital-acquired), antibiotic modifications after the call and in-hospital outcomes. Amongst 358 RRT calls, two or more @entity1850 criteria were present in 277 (77.4%). Amongst the 277 RRT calls with @entity1850 criteria, 159 (57.4%) fulfilled @entity295 criteria in the 24 hours before and 12 hours after the call. There were 118 of 277 (42.6%) calls with @entity1850 criteria but no evidence of @entity295 and 62 of 277 (22.3%) calls associated with both criteria for @entity295 as well as an alternative cause for @entity1850 . Hence, 159 (44.4%) of all 358 RRT calls over the three-month study period fulfilled criteria for @entity295 and in 97 (159-62) (27.1%) of the 358 calls, there were criteria for @entity295 without other causes for @entity1850 criteria. The most common sites of @entity281 were respiratory tract (86), abdominal cavity (38), urinary tract (26) and bloodstream (26). Infection was hospital-acquired in 91 (57.2%) and community-acquired in 67 (42.1%) cases, respectively. @entity1 were on antibiotics in 127 of 159 (79.9%) cases before the RRT call and antibiotics were added or modified in 76 of 159 (47.8%) cases after RRT review. The hospital length-of-stay of @entity1 who received an RRT call associated with @entity295 was longer than those who did not (16.0 [8.0 to 28.5] versus 10 days [6.0 to 18.0]; P=0.002).
