Blood Lactate Is a Useful Indicator for the Medical Emergency Team

Table 1

Characteristics of patients subject to a Medical Emergency Team- (MET-) call.

Characteristic	Value, median (interquartile range)
Number of patients	211
Age, years	78 (69–84)
Gender, % female : % male	48 : 52
Lactate, mmol/L	1.82 (1.16–2.7)
Length of hospital stay, days	13 (7–24)
Length of ICU stay, days	3 (2–7)
Length of mechanically assisted ventilation, days	5 (7–24)
30-day mortality rate, %	30.3
In-hospital mortality rate, %	28.4
Referral ward, number of calls (number/1000 admissions)
Surgical	64 (7.3)
Orthopedic	71 (13.2)
Medical	40 (3.1)
Infectious diseases	30 (16.7)
Gynecology	3 (0.7)
Ear, nose, and throat	1 (1.4)