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cord-322483-up3738e7	Rocha, Hermano Alexandre Lima	Dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a Rapid Response Team operation in Brazil: Quality in practice	2020-09-30		.txt	text/plain	1668	90	55	We aimed to assess an intervention to deal with the impact of the COVID19 pandemic on the operations of a rapid response team (RRT). The number of critically-ill cases and the number of treated patients increased two-fold in relation to the pre-pandemic period, but the effectiveness of the RRT in relation to mortality was not affected. LESSONS LEARNED: The observation of these data is important for hospital managers to adjust the size of their RRTs according to the new scenario, aiming to maintain the intervention effectiveness. The rapid response teams (RRTs) consist of health professionals exclusively dedicated to providing care to hospitalized patients identified at being high risk of worsening, using criteria of the severity of illness and clinical deterioration, with MEWS (Modified Early Warning Score) being one of the most frequently used scores (4) . This brief report seeks to present the analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a rapid response team operation from a large quaternary hospital in Brazil.	./cache/cord-322483-up3738e7.txt	./txt/cord-322483-up3738e7.txt