Variability in the implementation of rapid response teams at academic American pediatric hospitals

Anita I Sen; Ryan W Morgan; Marilyn C Morris

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.07.018

Variability in the implementation of rapid response teams at academic American pediatric hospitals

J Pediatr. 2013 Dec;163(6):1772-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.07.018. Epub 2013 Aug 27.

Authors

Anita I Sen¹, Ryan W Morgan, Marilyn C Morris

Affiliation

¹ Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY. Electronic address: ais13@columbia.edu.

PMID: 23992674
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.07.018

Abstract

Pediatric rapid response teams have become standard over the past decade, but are organized heterogeneously at US academic hospitals, with rare financial support. To compare rapid response team efficacy, pediatric hospitals should agree on standard outcome measures, whether it be a standard definition of floor arrest or of clinical deterioration.

Keywords: CHA; Children's Hospital Association; ICU; Intensive care unit; PICU; Pediatric ICU; RRT; Rapid response team.

Publication types

Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Child
Hospital Rapid Response Team / standards*
Hospital Rapid Response Team / statistics & numerical data*
Hospitals, Pediatric*
Humans
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States