title: Variability in the implementation of rapid response teams at academic American pediatric hospitals.
abstract: Pediatric rapid response teams have become standard over the past decade, but are organized heterogeneously at US academic hospitals, with rare financial support. To compare rapid response team efficacy, pediatric hospitals should agree on standard outcome measures, whether it be a standard definition of floor arrest or of clinical deterioration.
authors.affiliation: Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY. Electronic address: ais13@columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Anita I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: Ryan W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: Marilyn C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D057209:Hospital Rapid Response Team / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States
keywords: CHA; Children's Hospital Association; ICU; Intensive care unit; PICU; Pediatric ICU; RRT; Rapid response team