Table 3.

The total sample demographic and care requirement characteristics of 111 patients who required a Medical Emergency Team call to the radiology department (MET-RD) during their radiology care Intra-RD (Panel A), and comparisons of characteristics according to their outcomes of post-MET care requirement (Panel B) and mortality (Panel C).

Characteristics		Post-MET-RD Patient Outcomes
A. Intra-RD Patient Demographics and  Care Requirements	n (%) Mean (±SD)	B. Higher Care	p*	C. Death	p**
	n=111	n=78		n=28
Radiology Modality
Computerized Tomography	49 (44%)	33 (42%)	0.22	15 (54%)	0.28
Magnetic Resonance Imaging	24 (22%)	19 (24%)		4 (14%)
Interventional Radiology	14 (13%)	10 (13%)		5 (18%)
General X-ray	14 (13%)	7 (9%)		1 (4%)
Other (Nuclear Medicine,   Peripheral Vascular, Ultrasound)	10 (9%)	9 (12%)		3 (11%)
MET-RD Etiology (%yes)
Cardiac	45 (41%)	29 (37%)	0.41	11 (39%)	0.86
Respiratory	32 (29%)	26 (33%)		9 (32%)
Neurologic	28 (25%)	19 (24%)		6 (21%)
Other	6 (5%)	4 (5%)		2 (7%)
Sedation in RD (%yes)	18 (16%)	11 (14%)	0.19	7 (25%)	0.30
Monitor in the RD (%yes)	63 (57%)	45 (58%)	0.76	21 (75%)	0.02
RD Level of Surveillance
RD Tech only	36 (40%)	27 (35%)	0.49	4 (15%)	0.04
RD RN	15 (14%)	9 (12%)		4 (15%)
ICU/non-ICU RN	49 (43%)	35 (45%)		16 (59%)
Advanced Patient Care Technician	5 (5%)	5 (6%)		2 (8%)

^*p-values refer to comparisons within columns of higher care (transfer to a higher care unit, increased respiratory support, increased cardiac support or transfer for procedure) and return to previous level of care.

^**p-values refer to comparison within columns of death and survival to discharge.