The effect of emergency department crowding on clinically oriented outcomes

SL Bernstein, D Aronsky, R Duseja… - Academic …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background: An Institute of Medicine (IOM) report defines six domains of quality of
care: safety, patient‐centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, effectiveness, and equity. The …

Early goal-directed therapy in severe sepsis and septic shock: insights and comparisons to ProCESS, ProMISe, and ARISE

HB Nguyen, AK Jaehne, N Jayaprakash, MW Semler… - Critical Care, 2016 - Springer
Prior to 2001 there was no standard for early management of severe sepsis and septic
shock in the emergency department. In the presence of standard or usual care, the …

An edge computing based smart healthcare framework for resource management

S Oueida, Y Kotb, M Aloqaily, Y Jararweh, T Baker - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
The revolution in information technologies, and the spread of the Internet of Things (IoT) and
smart city industrial systems, have fostered widespread use of smart systems. As a complex …

Impact of delayed transfer of critically ill patients from the emergency department to the intensive care unit

DB Chalfin, S Trzeciak, A Likourezos… - Critical care …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Numerous factors can cause delays in transfer to an intensive care unit for
critically ill emergency department patients. The impact of delays is unknown. We aimed to …

Increase in patient mortality at 10 days associated with emergency department overcrowding

DB Richardson - Medical journal of Australia, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To quantify any relationship between emergency department (ED) overcrowding
and 10‐day patient mortality. Design and setting: Retrospective stratified cohort analysis of …

Emergency department crowding, part 1—concept, causes, and moral consequences

JC Moskop, DP Sklar, JM Geiderman… - Annals of emergency …, 2009 - Elsevier
Crowding is an increasingly common occurrence in hospital-based emergency departments
(EDs) across the globe. This 2-article series offers an ethical and policy analysis of ED …

Length-of-stay in the emergency department and in-hospital mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

D Lauque, A Khalemsky, Z Boudi, L Östlundh… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The effect of emergency department (ED) length of stay (EDLOS) on in-hospital mortality
(IHM) remains unclear. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to …

Shock séptico

YE Claessens, S André, C Vinsonneau… - EMC-Anestesia …, 2009 - Elsevier
El shock séptico implica la asociación entre infección e insuficiencia hemodinámica, en
algunos casos con fallos viscerales. Las definiciones de shock séptico y sepsis grave …

Individual predictors of frequent emergency department use: a scoping review

C Krieg, C Hudon, MC Chouinard, I Dufour - BMC health services research, 2016 - Springer
Background A small proportion of patients use an excessively large amount of emergency
care resources which often results in emergency department (ED) overcrowding, decreased …

Missed and delayed diagnoses in the emergency department: a study of closed malpractice claims from 4 liability insurers

A Kachalia, TK Gandhi, AL Puopolo, C Yoon… - Annals of emergency …, 2007 - Elsevier
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Diagnostic errors in the emergency department (ED) are an important
patient safety concern, but little is known about their cause. We identify types and causes of …