Table 1 RRT population characteristics; RRT activations from different hospitals (n = 1603)
Staff activating, n (%) | |
 Nurse | 1104 (69%) |
 Physician | 449 (31%) |
Gender, n (%) | |
 Male | 858 (53.52%) |
 Female | 745 (46.54%) |
Activation triggers, n (%) | |
 Cardiovascular | 627 (39.11%) |
 Respiratory | 727 (45.35%) |
 Neurological | 272 (16.97%) |
 Renal | 21 (1.31%) |
 Other causes (serious concern) | 181 (11.29%) |
RRT intervention, n (%) | |
 Vasopressors administration | 87 (5.43%) |
 Blood transfusion | 163 (10.17%) |
 Increase nursing acuity | 103 (6.43%) |
 Fluid bolus administration | 682 (42.55%) |
 O2 requirement | 979 (61.07%) |
Disposition of RRT activations, n (%) | |
 RRT population stayed in the ward | 500 (31.19%) |
 RRT population admitted to the ICU | 1103 (68.81%) |
RRT population length of stay (days) | |
 Average ICU length of stay | 8.7 |
 Average hospital length of stay | 28.8 |
RRT population outcome, n (%) | |
 Discharged alive from hospital | 1374 (85.71%) |
 Code blue upon activation | 17 (1%) |
 Overall mortality | 229 (14.29%) |
 RRT patients died in the ICU | 216 (13.47%) |
 RRT patient died upon activation | 13 (0.08%) |
 RRT patients labeled as DNR | 48 (3%) |