. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 17.

Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2014 Apr;42(4):905–909. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000098

TABLE 2.

Comparison of Rapid Response Team Call and Trigger Characteristics

	Noncancer Center Patients (n = 422)	Cancer Center Patients (n = 135)	P
RRT called due to heart rate change (n, % total)	70 (22.4)	28 (28.3)	0.23
RRT called due to blood pressure change (n, % total)	68 (16.1)	23 (17.0)	0.80
RRT called due to respiratory rate change (n, % total)	33 (7.8)	12 (8.9)	0.69
RRT called due to Sao₂ change (n, % total)	124 (29.4)	43 (31.9)	0.59
RRT called due to altered mental status (n, % total)	127 (30.1)	39 (28.9)	0.79
RRT called due to staff concern (n, % total)	85 (20.1)	32 (23.7)	0.38
RRT called due to other reason (n, % total)	97 (23.0)	35 (25.9)	0.48

RRT = rapid response team.