Most patients are triaged using the emergency severity index
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Validity of the emergency severity index in predicting patient outcomes in a major emergency department
Background and Purpose: The emergency severity index (ESI) triage system has been recommended by the Ministry of Health to classify patients at emergency departments. This study aimed to assess the validity of ESI system (version 4) in the emergency department of a teaching hospital. Outcome measures were hospitalization, emergency department (ED) length of stay, resource consumption, in-hos...
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BACKGROUND Hospital emergency departments (EDs) are as barometers of the health care system. Crowded EDs threaten delivery of timely care. Prolonged ED wait times reduce the quality of care and increase adverse and sometimes irreversible events. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the patients' waiting time at Namazi and Shahid Faghihi hospitals in Shiraz, Iran. PATIENTS A...
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OBJECTIVE To verify agreement between estimative of predicted resources using the adapted Emergency Severity Index and the real amount of resources used by patients. To analyze the variables number of years since graduation, years of work experience and years of experience in emergency services especially with accurate anticipation of resources need. METHODS This retrospective analytical stud...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1071-3581,1532-6551
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-016-0704-z