Cancer Patients' Prehospital Emergency Care: Post Hoc Analysis from the French Prospective Multicenter Study EPICANCER.

Olivier PeyronyJean-Paul FontaineEloïse TrabattoniLionel NakadSylvain CharreyreAdrien PicaudJuliane BoscDamien Viglino Laurent JacquinSaïd LaribiLaurent PereiraSylvain ThiriezAnne-Laure PaquetAlexandre TanneauElie AzoulaySylvie Chevretnull Initiatives de Recherche Aux Urgences Iru-Sfmu Research Group

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)

Cancer patients attending prehospital emergency care were most often directed to EDs. Patients who were directly transported to the ICU had a high mortality rate, raising the question of improving triage policies.

Keyphrases

healthcare
emergency department
public health
emergency medical
cardiac arrest
palliative care
quality improvement
intensive care unit
trauma patients
pain management
risk factors
cardiovascular disease
mechanical ventilation
acute respiratory distress syndrome