The evolutionary process of Medical Emergency Team (MET) implementation: Reduction in unanticipated ICU transfers
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Salamonson Y, Kariyawasam A, van Heere B, O’Connor C. The evolutionary process of Medical Emergency Team (MET) implementation: Reduction in unanticipated ICU transfers. Resuscitation. 2001;49(2):135-141.The overall number of ICU transfers remained constant. More seriously ill patients were transferred to ICU via the MET system with an accompanying significant fall in unanticipated ICU transfers. The study could not demonstrate whether the observed slight improvement in hospital survival rate over the three years of the study was due to the MET system.
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