Implementation of a non–intensive-care unit medical emergency team improves failure to rescue rates in cardiac surgery patients

Delirium is associated with failure to rescue after cardiac surgery

“… 6 The phenomenon is generally thought to be influenced by hospital factors as much as or more than individual patient factors. 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 Factors that improve hospital efficiency and capability or that provide a greater safety net for patients, such as rapid response teams or higher case volume, appear to reduce FTR incidence or have an association with lower incidence. 9 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 …”