@article{22660, author = {Seppelt I. and Flabouris A. and Thompson C. and Sundararajan K.}, title = {Elderly patients are at high risk of night-time admission to the intensive care unit following a rapid response team call}, abstract = {

Previous studies have shown that elderly patients (age >/=65 years) are less likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit following a rapid response team call and have high hospital mortality rates. This study has shown that elderly patients have a significantly higher probability of being admitted to an intensive care unit following a rapid response team call at night than during the day. However, at no time are they at greater risk than younger patients of incomplete vital sign recording, a failure to escalate care for acute deterioration or mortality.

}, year = {2016}, journal = {Intern Med J}, volume = {46}, edition = {2016/12/17}, number = {12}, pages = {1440-1442}, isbn = {1445-5994 (Electronic)
1444-0903 (Linking)}, note = {Sundararajan, K
Flabouris, A
Thompson, C
Seppelt, I
George Institute of Global Health and the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group Point Prevalence study Investigators
Australia
Intern Med J. 2016 Dec;46(12):1440-1442. doi: 10.1111/imj.13281.}, language = {eng}, }