Publications by authors named "Jeongsuk Son"
Background: Hospitalized patients can develop septic shock at any time. Therefore, it is important to identify septic patients in hospital wards and rapidly perform the optimal treatment. Although the sepsis bundle has already been reported to improve survival rates, the controversy over evidence of the effect of in-hospital sepsis continues to exist.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The rapid response system has been implemented in many hospitals worldwide and, reportedly, the timing of medical emergency team (MET) attendance in relation to the duration of hospitalization is associated with the mortality of MET patients. We evaluated the relationship between duration of hospitalization before MET activation and patient mortality. We compared cases of MET activation for early, intermediate, and late deterioration to patient characteristics, activation characteristics, and patient outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground/aims: The quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) is a newly developed risk stratification tool, which has been presented along with a new sepsis definition, to classify infected patients outside of the intensive care unit (ICU). We evaluated the clinical usefulness of qSOFA for predicting adverse outcomes in sepsis patients with liver cirrhosis.
Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study to assess the utility of qSOFA in sepsis patients with liver cirrhosis for whom medical emergency teams (METs) were activated in general wards at an academic tertiary care hospital between March 2008 and December 2015.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate how a simulated emergency airway management education program impacted nurses' confidence (self-efficacy) and skills (clinical performance) in intensive care units.
- Thirty-five nurses participated in the program, which included lectures, demonstrations, skill training, and debriefings, with assessments before and after the training.
- Results showed a significant boost in both self-efficacy and clinical performance regarding emergency airway management after the education program, indicating its effectiveness for clinical nursing education.
Medical emergency team may reduce obstetric intensive care unit admissions.
J Obstet Gynaecol Res
January 2017
Aim: Some recent studies have reported that early intervention by a medical emergency team (MET) for clinical deterioration before intensive care unit (ICU) admission was associated with a survival benefit in critically ill cancer patients. We hypothesized that early MET intervention for an obstetric crisis in the general wards would be related to favorable outcomes in critically ill obstetric patients.
Methods: Data of obstetric patients who were managed by a MET were collected retrospectively from 1 March 2008 to 30 April 2015.
Rationale, Aims And Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyse the effects of the follow-up programme implemented by the Asan Medical Center Medical Emergency Team (MET).
Method: A quasi-experimental pre-post intervention design was used, retrospectively reviewed. The follow-up programme includes respiratory care, regular visits and communication between the attending doctors and MET nurse for patients discharged from the medical intensive care unit (MICU) to the general ward.