Observation Units
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منابع مشابه
Pediatric observation units.
Pediatric observation units (OUs) are hospital areas used to provide medical evaluation and/or management for health-related conditions in children, typically for a well-defined, brief period. Pediatric OUs represent an emerging alternative site of care for selected groups of children who historically may have received their treatment in an ambulatory setting, emergency department, or hospital-...
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BACKGROUND Recent studies cast doubt about the economic efficiency of observation units (OUs). OBJECTIVE We aimed to reexamine the cost savings of OUs compared with inpatient care. METHODS Claims for 15,851 patients who were admitted to inpatient or OUs between January 2009 and December 2012 following emergency room (ER) visits for chest pain were retrospectively examined. The two groups we...
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Patients with new or worsening chest pain suggesting acute coronary syndromes need treating as an emergency. Rapid assessment is crucial but diYcult. Patients with acute chest pain now represent 20% or 30% of all emergency medical admissions, yet less than one third of these will have acute coronary syndromes (acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina). The majority thus do not have signif...
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Observation services are an extension of emergency department (ED) services specifically designed to address unmet patient needs. Observation services improve patient care by continuing the evaluation and management of selected ED patients who would otherwise require admission for acute care services. Approximately 80% of patients treated on observation services can be sent home without the nee...
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Pain is a major concern in all intensive care units (ICUs). The proper assessment and management of pain is one of the main goals of patient care in ICUs. Improper evaluation of pain and its over or under treatment can cause significant problems in the process of patient management in ICU. Since most ICU patients are unable to communicate correctly with the ICU team and explain their level of p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1940
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591574003301105