Objectives Despite the substantial body of literature on emergency department (ED)
crowding, to the best of our knowledge, there is no agreement on the measure or measures …

Overcrowding in emergency departments is a problem in many countries around the world,
including the United States and Chile. Emergency department (ED) overcrowding causes …

The author comments on an article by AS Stang et al which identifies existing measures of
emergency department (ED) linked to quality of care across six Institute of Medicine (IOM) …

BACKGROUND: Emergency department overcrowding has been associated with increased
odds of hospital admission and mortality after discharge from the emergency department in …

Objective: To evaluate whether racial/ethnical differences in analgesia administration
existed in two different cohorts of children with painful conditions: children with either limb …

BACKGROUND: For children who cannot be discharged from the emergency department,
definitive care has become less frequent at most hospitals. It is uncertain whether this is true …

Objective: Poor adherence to the National Institute of Health (NIH) Asthma Guidelines may
result in unnecessary admissions for children presenting to the emergency department (ED) …

Background We sought to determine whether patients seen in hospitals who had reduced
overall emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS) in the 2 years following the …

Objectives Boarding admitted patients in the emergency department is an important cause of
throughput delays and safety risks in adults, though has been less studied in children. We …

Objective We evaluated the effect of emergency department (ED) census on disposition
decisions made by ED physicians. Methods We performed a retrospective analysis using 18 …