Despite wide adoption of rapid response teams across the United States, predictors of in-hospital mortality for patients receiving rapid response team calls are poorly characterized. Identification of patients at high risk of death during hospitalization could improve triage to intensive care units and prompt timely reevaluations of goals of care. Patients who die following rapid response team calls differ significantly from surviving peers. Recognition of these factors could improve post-rapid response team triage decisions and prompt timely goals of care discussions. 282,710 hospitalized adults on surgical or medical wards who were subjects of a rapid response team call.

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