Fig 1.
Type of response triggered by each Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) value in the rapid-response team (RRT) implemented in the wards that offer emergency department support in this research.
Fig 2.
Flow diagram showing the patients included in this study.
Table 1.
Characteristics of the hospitalized patients before and after the implementation of the rapid-response team (RRT) triggered by MEWS≥4 in wards that offer emergency department support.
Fig 3.
Panel data line graph illustrating the monthly in-hospital mortality rate in each study period according to the rapid-response team (RRT) trigged by the Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) ≥ 4 implementation (before, during, and after).
The horizontal line illustrated the mean of the in-hospital mortality in each period and these means and their respective 95% confidence interval (CI) were shown on the bottom of the panel.
Table 2.
In-hospital mortality predictors in univariable and multivariable analysis.
Fig 4.
Line graph depicting the in-hospital mortality rate (%) in the left y-axis according to the highest Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) registered during hospitalization.
The small bars represent the standard errs. Bar graph showing the number of patients in the right y-axis for each highest MEWS value. A–All hospitalized patients; B–Only patients hospitalized in the internal medicine ward; C–Only patients hospitalized in the surgical ward.
Table 3.
Reasons for rapid-response team (RRT) activation.