Impact of emergency department surge and end of shift on patient workup and treatment prior to referral to internal medicine: a health records review.
Valerie CharbonneauEdmund KwokLoree BoyleIan G StiellPublished in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2018)
We found no evidence that surge levels and end of shift impact the extent of investigations and treatments provided to patients diagnosed in the ED with heart failure, COPD or sepsis and referred to internal medicine.
Keyphrases
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- emergency department
- lung function
- heart failure
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- primary care
- public health
- intensive care unit
- mental health
- prognostic factors
- acute kidney injury
- case report
- health information
- patient reported outcomes
- climate change
- adverse drug
- patient reported
- acute heart failure
- electronic health record