Annals of Intensive Care

Table 2 Characteristics of patients with an SAE before (period 1) and after (period 2) implementation of an RRS

From: Incidence of cardiac arrests and unexpected deaths in surgical patients before and after implementation of a rapid response system

	period 1		period 2		p- value
	n = 30		n = 91		p- value
Age (SD)	61.6	(17.6)	64.7	(12.5)	0.655
Gender, male (%)	21	(70)	65	(71)	0.851
ASA (SD)	2.3	(0.7)	2.5	(0.7)	0.107

SAE = serious adverse event SD = standard deviation ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists classification.

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