Table 2.
Etiology of Alert Trigger, n (%) | First Surveya Provider (n=107) |
Nurse (n=180) | Second Surveyb Provider (n=44) |
Nurse (n=43) |
---|---|---|---|---|
The alert was primarily triggered by | ||||
Sepsis | 42 (40) | 37 (21) | 13 (39) | 0 (0) |
Dehydration | 15 (14) | 24 (14) | 6 (18) | 3 (18) |
Cancer | 10 (9) | 13 (7) | 5 (15) | 1 (6) |
Infection, not septic | 4 (4) | 11 (6) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) |
Bleeding | 3 (3) | 5 (3) | 1 (3) | 1 (6) |
Arrhythmia | 3 (3) | 8 (5) | 0 (0) | 1 (6) |
Pulmonary problem | 3 (3) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Post-operative state | 3 (3) | 8 (5) | 1 (3) | 3 (18) |
End-stage organ failurec | 2 (2) | 7 (4) | 2 (6) | 0 (0) |
Drug effect | 1 (1) | 3 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 (6) |
Pain/anxiety | 1 (1) | 4 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Cardiogenic shock | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (6) | 0 (0) |
Pulmonary embolus | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Otherd | 5 (5) | 9 (5) | 0 (0) | 1 (6) |
There was no clinical change, I don’t know why the alert triggered | 12 (11) | 37 (21) | 2 (6) | 6 (35) |
There was a clinical change, but I don’t know why the alert triggered | 2 (2) | 7 (4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Because each percentage value has been rounded to the nearest whole number, total percentages do not equal 100%.
Completed within 6 hours of alert.
Completed 48 hours after alert.
Includes cirrhosis, end stage renal disease, dialysis, organ transplant rejection, and ventricular assist device.
Includes deconditioning, cardiac arrest, transfusion reaction, electrolyte imbalance, vasovagal, and single reading of transient hypotension.