Each data point represents the cumulative total of the number of MET services commenced (y-axis) at the corresponding time (x-axis). The commencement of the MET service at Liverpool Hospital (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) (June 1989) is omitted for the purpose of presentation. Shown below the x-axis are the first authors of publications related to adverse events and METs: Lee, . [4]; McQuillan, . [16]; Smith and Wood [17]; Buist, . [14]; Goldhill, . [8]; Bristow, . [13]; Buist, . [6]; Hodgetts [21]; Foraida [22]; Bellomo, . [5]; and DeVita [7].<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Introduction of Medical Emergency Teams in Australia and New Zealand: a multi-centre study"</p><p>http://ccforum.com/content/12/2/R46</p><p>Critical Care 2008;12(2):R46-R46.</p><p>Published online 7 Apr 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2447594.</p><p></p