Unplanned Return Visits to a Pediatric Emergency Department
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منابع مشابه
Return visits to the emergency department.
A persistent problem for emergency physicians is the patient who returns unscheduled to the emergency department with a problem that either has not improved or has worsened. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the frequency of revisits and the nature of the problems. All patients returning within 72 hours of their initial visit were entered into the study. The charts were evaluated for cl...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Emergency Care
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0749-5161
DOI: 10.1097/pec.0000000000001764