Background: The goals of a medical emergency team (MET) are the early identification and
treatment of potentially unstable conditions among in-hospital patients so that unexpected …

CONTEXT: In-hospital cardiac arrests are commonly associated with poor outcomes and
preceded by observable signs of clinical deterioration. Medical emergency teams (METs) …

Background Patients with cardiac arrests or who die in general wards have often received
delayed or inadequate care. Medical emergency teams (METs) are trained medical …

BACKGROUND: The effect of Medical Emergency Teams (METs) on cardiopulmonary
arrests (codes) and fatal codes remains unclear and widely debated. OBJECTIVE: To …

Objectives: To determine whether the introduction of the Medical Emergency Team (MET)
system designed to provide immediate help for seriously ill patients:(i) changed the pattern …

PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to determine whether earlier clinical intervention
by a medical emergency team (MET) can improve patient outcomes in an Asian country …

BACKGROUND: Patients with cardiac arrests or who die in general wards have often
received delayed or inadequate care. We investigated whether the medical emergency team …

Hospital systems are failing the critically ill. This has been well documented in many
countries around the world, with detailed reports of suboptimal care prior to intensive care …

Patients with cardiac arrests or who die in general wards have often received delayed or
inadequate care. We investigated whether the medical emergency team (MET) system could …

Structured abstract Background Many deaths, cardiac arrests, and unplanned intensive care
unit (ICU) admissions are preceded by failure to recognize deteriorating vital signs 1, 2 or …