Demographic and outcome characteristics of patients with rapid response system activation on the haemodialysis unit (N=107)
| Variable | Mean (SD) (range) |
| Age (years) | 62 (16) (19–93) |
| Weight (kg) | 76 (23) (35–165) |
| Hospital length of stay (days) | 25 (29) (0–205) |
| n (%) | |
| Gender | |
| Male | 49 (46) |
| Female | 58 (54) |
| Ethnicity | |
| European American | 66 (62) |
| African American | 39 (36) |
| Hispanic American | 1 (1) |
| Asian American | 1 (1) |
| Co-morbidities | |
| Hypertension | 77 (72) |
| Diabetes | 54 (51) |
| Coronary artery disease | 46 (43) |
| Transplant | 32 (30) |
| Kidney | 16 |
| Liver | 8 |
| Heart | 5 |
| Lung | 2 |
| Multivisceral | 1 |
| Outcome of hospital admission | |
| Died during hospital stay | 24 (22) |
| Discharged to home | 35 (33) |
| Discharged to nursing home or SNF | 30 (28) |
| Discharged to long-term acute care facility | 13 (12) |
| Transfer to another healthcare facility | 5 (5) |
SNF, skilled nursing facility.