Variable | n (%) | |
Primary service at time of code event | ||
General internal medicine | 49 (46) | |
Transplant surgery | 12 (11) | |
Renal medicine | 8 (7) | |
Cardiology | 8 (7) | |
Vascular surgery | 5 (5) | |
Other (general surgery, plastic surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, psychiatry, cardiac surgery, emergency medicine, neurosurgery, pulmonary medicine, family medicine, thoracic surgery, urology, geriatrics or critical care medicine) | 25 (24) | |
Was the haemodialysis session stopped or postponed after RRS activation? | ||
Yes | 78 (73) | |
No | 5 (5) | |
Not applicable (dialysis never started or already completed) | 24 (22) | |
Triage after event | ||
Transfer to intensive care unit | 75 (70) | |
Transfer to monitored bed | 17 (16) | |
Transfer back to original inpatient unit | 11 (10) | |
Transfer to operating room | 2 (2) | |
Death during event | 2 (2) | |
Patient status upon arrival to haemodialysis unit | ||
Unstable (meeting one or more code criteria during first vital signs check on haemodialysis unit) | 24 (22) | |
Stable | 83 (78) | |
When was the code called? | ||
Before haemodialysis begun | 12 (11) | |
During haemodialysis | 76 (71) | |
After haemodialysis completed | 19 (18) |
RRS, rapid response system.