Table 2 Development in patient monitoring, escalation, LOMT documentation and omission events

Number of patients

76

56

54

*Number of complete vital sign sets/24 h/patient. Median (Q1, Q3)

0 (0, 0)

2 (1, 2)

4 (3, 5)

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

*Number of simple vital signs sets/24 h/patient Median (Q1, Q3)

2 (1, 2)

2 (1, 2)

4 (3, 5)

< 0.001

0.012

< 0.001

< 0.001

LOMT documented N (%)

58 (76)

42 (76)

48 (89)

0.15

**Days from admission to LOMT Median (Q1, Q3)

8 (4, 16)

8 (1,16)

3 (1, 10)

0.011

0.25

0.003

0.09

Cardiac arrest alarms N (%)

14 (18)

11 (20)

3 (6)

0.07

ICU-consult in the wards (MET in period 2, 3) N (%)

9 (12)

17 (30)

18 (33)

0.007

0.008

0.003

0.738

ICU transfer N (%)

14 (18)

16 (29)

18 (33)

0.14

Cases with one or more events of omission N (%)

30 (40)

11 (20)

6 (11)

0.01

0.015

< 0.001

0.216

Types of omissions

Failure to monitor N (%)

20 (26)

5 (9)

1 (2)

< 0.001

0.012

< 0.001

0.102

Failure to escalate N (%)

14 (18)

7 (13)

2 (4)

0.043

0.358

0.012

0.092

Delayed surgery N (%)

2 (3)

2 (4)

3 (6)

0.800¤

Unexpected deaths N

2 (3)

2(4)

0 (0)

0.455¤