Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Race is not associated with medical emergency team evaluation prior to in-hospital cardiac arrest
Main finding · MET evaluation prior to IHCAResult — go to the resultAdjusted odds ratio 1.02 95% CI 0.94–1.11Authors' conclusion
Though racial disparities in IHCA outcomes exist, this study did not detect a difference in rates of MET evaluation prior to IHCA among patients with acute physiologic decline as a potential mechanism for these disparities.
Study context
- Population
- Adults ≥ 18 years with in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) 2000–2021 and acute physiologic decline (MEWS ≥ 3) in the 24 h before IHCA, AHA Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation registryacute physiologic decline
- Participants
- 29,714 adults
- Exposure
- Black vs White patients
- Outcome
- MET evaluation prior to IHCA
Methodological detailspropensity-weighted, multicentre registry
- Propensity-weighted
- Multicentre registry
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Adjusted odds ratio
1.02
95% CI 0.94–1.11
P = 0.62
Black vs White
aOR 1.02 (95% CI 0.94–1.11); P = 0.62
- Overall medical emergency team (MET) evaluation before IHCA
- 4102 (13.8%)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Race is not associated with medical emergency team evaluation prior to in-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. Published 16 April 2025. doi:10.
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