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Recognising clinical deterioration in emergency department patients.

Australas Emerg Nurs J

May 2014

School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.

Background: The use of rapid response systems such as Medical Emergency Team (MET) improves recognition and response to clinical deterioration in in-patient settings. However, few published studies have investigated use of rapid response systems in Australian emergency departments (ED).

Aim: To examine the frequency, nature and outcomes of clinical deterioration in ED patients and compare the utility of hospital MET calling criteria with ED specific Clinical Instability Criteria (CIC) for recognition of deteriorating patients.

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