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'''Major Criteria'''
----– * Sign out from a colleague on the patient takes more than 5 minutes – * At least 6 consultants on board, one of which is [[2016 Revised Contact Precautions|Infectious Diseases]] or [[DNR|Palliative Care]] – * Someone utters “I have no clue what’s going on” – * Someone utters that the patient is a “train wreck”
'''Minor Criteria'''
----– * 75% of [[Vital Signs|vital signs]] and [[Chloride|lab results]] in [[Comic Sans|red (or abnormal) font]] – * Dyad of coded and Full Code – * Triad of renal failure, [[Irregularly Irregular|atrial fibrillation]] requiring a drip, and anemia requiring a [[Blood Transfusion|transfusion]] – * At least 5 organ systems affected, with at least one still worsening – * At least 5 hospital days spent in the ICU – * At least 3 foreign bodies in place (Foley, central line, NG tube, PICC, drain, etc.) – * At least 2 active infections, one of which is MRSA or C. diff – * Another service should really be the primary team, but are not – * Patient without decision-making capacity AND family nowhere to be found – * Patient’s length of stay > 15 days OR his/her age – * Social Services has given up on a post-hospital plan of care
'''Related Topics'''
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[[Category:Critical Care]]
[[Category:Internal Medicine]]
[[Category:Phrases & Expressions]]