Authors: Haiyan Gao Ann McDonnell David A Harrison Tracey Moore Sheila Adam Kathleen Daly Lisa Esmonde David R Goldhill Gareth J Parry Arash Rashidian Christian P Subbe Sheila Harvey
Publish Date: 2007/02/22
Volume: 33, Issue: 4, Pages: 667-679
Abstract
Physiological track and trigger warning systems TTs are used to identify patients outside critical care areas at risk of deterioration and to alert a senior clinician Critical Care Outreach Service or equivalent The aims of this work were to describe published TTs and the extent to which each has been developed according to established procedures to review the published evidence and available data on the reliability validity and utility of existing systems and to identify the best TT for timely recognition of critically ill patientsThirtysix papers were identified describing 25 distinct TTs Thirtyone papers described the use of a TT and five were studies examining the development or testing of TTs None of the studies met all methodological quality standards For the cohort study outcome was measured by a composite of death admission to critical care ‘do not attempt resuscitation’ or cardiopulmonary resuscitation Fifteen datasets met predefined quality criteria Sensitivities and positive predictive values were low with median quartiles of 433 254–692 and 367 293–438 respectivelyA wide variety of TTs were in use with little evidence of reliability validity and utility Sensitivity was poor which might be due in part to the nature of the physiology monitored or to the choice of trigger threshold Available data were insufficient to identify the best TTThis study was funded by the UK National Health Service Research Development Service Delivery Organisation programme SDO/74/2004 We thank the 31 hospitals that provided data for this analysis Alex Larkin Royal Oldham Hospital Carol Tune Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Chris Subbe Wrexham Maelor Hospital Clare Bamforth Dewsbury District Hospital David Goldhill Royal London Hospital Elizabeth Hogbin Norfolk Norwich University Hospital Jackie Hogan/Stephen Murray North Manchester Hospital Jane Chandler/Erin Povey Wexham Park Hospital Jane Saunders Bradford Royal Infirmary Jane Viner Torbay Hospital Kath Daly Guys and St Thomas Hospital Kelly Henley James Cook University Hospital Lindsay Green/Samantha Fox Good Hope Hospital Lorna Johnson Leeds General Infirmary and St Jamess University Hospital Louise Stock University Hospital Lewisham Mike Heap/Kate Bray Northern General Hospital and Royal Hallamshire Hospital Natasha Williamson/Claire Brown Hinchingbrooke Hospital Pat Eden Lee Hubbard Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Paul Seymour/David Watts Bromley Hospital Ruth Mullett/Karen Robins Alexandra Hospital and Worcester Royal Hospital Sally Smith Kent Sussex Hospital and Maidstone Hospital Sarah Ingleby/Chris Booth Manchester Royal Infirmary Sheila Adam University College London Hospitals Valerie Forde University Hospitals Coventry Wendy Watson/Julie Southwell York Hospital Wendy Wharton/Peter Groom Southampton General Hospital
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