Trigger team activation in the emergency department at a tertiary university hospital

CONCLUSION Patients with MEP calls are more frequent, have a more diverse aetiology and a higher mortality than patients in the other trigger teams. A need exists for further guidelines and research regarding MEP with a view to reducing the high mortality rate among MEP in the future. FUNDING Annmarie Lassen was funded by an unrestricted grant from the philanthropic fund the Tryg Foundation given to the University of Southern Denmark. TRIAL REGISTRATION The study was approved by the Danish Health Authority (Record no. 3-3013-1385/1) and the Danish Data Protection Agency (Record no. 2013-41-2435).PMID:34983729

Source: Danish Medical Journal - January 5, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Stefan Posth Lonnie Froberg S øren Bak Lisette Okkels Jensen Mikkel Brabrand Annmarie Lassen Source Type: research