(LOS) is associated with increased risk of in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA). A retrospective
cohort with a nationwide database of all adult patients who visited the EDs in South Korea
between January 2016 and December 2017 was performed. A total of 18,217,034 patients
visited an ED during the study period. The median ED LOS was 2.5 h. IHCA occurred in
9,180 patients (0.2%). IHCA was associated with longer ED LOS (4.2 vs. 2.5 h), and higher …