Clinical Outcomes of Patients Triggering Medical Emergency Team Calls for Sinus Tachycardia

Internal Medicine JournalVolume 52, Issue 4 p. 599-604 Original Article Clinical outcomes of patients triggering medical emergency team calls for sinus tachycardia Arunbalaji Muthusamy, Corresponding Author Arunbalaji Muthusamy [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0001-5852-434X Department of General Medicine, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Correspondence Arunbalaji Muthusamy, Department of General Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health, Clayton Road, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorAmeera S. Amiruddin, Ameera S. Amiruddin Department of General Medicine, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia These authors contributed equally to the study.Search for more papers by this authorElizabeth S. L. Low, Elizabeth S. L. Low Department of General Medicine, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia These authors contributed equally to the study.Search for more papers by this authorChamila D. M. Liyanage, Chamila D. M. Liyanage Department of General Medicine, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia These authors contributed equally to the study.Search for more papers by this authorBlake P. Mumford, Blake P. Mumford Department of General Medicine, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorTimothy Crozier, Timothy Crozier Department of General Medicine, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorRalph Junckerstorff, Ralph Junckerstorff Department of General Medicine, Monash Health, and Adjunct Lecturer, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this author Arunbalaji Muthusamy, Corresponding Author Arunbalaji Muthusamy [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0001-5852-434X Department of General Medicine, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Correspondence Arunbalaji Muthusamy, Department of General Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health, Clayton Road, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorAmeera S. Amiruddin, Ameera S. Amiruddin Department of General Medicine, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia These authors contributed equally to the study.Search for more papers by this authorElizabeth S. L. Low, Elizabeth S. L. Low Department of General Medicine, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia These authors contributed equally to the study.Search for more papers by this authorChamila D. M. Liyanage, Chamila D. M. Liyanage Department of General Medicine, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia These authors contributed equally to the study.Search for more papers by this authorBlake P. Mumford, Blake P. Mumford Department of General Medicine, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorTimothy Crozier, Timothy Crozier Department of General Medicine, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorRalph Junckerstorff, Ralph Junckerstorff Department of General Medicine, Monash Health, and Adjunct Lecturer, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 11 October 2020 https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.15093 Funding: The authors acknowledge the Department of General Medicine, Monash Health, for their financial assistance towards the costs of statistical analyses. Conflict of interest: None. 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