Does Prolonged Length of Stay in the Emergency Department Affect Outcome for Stroke Patients?

Does Prolonged Length of Stay in the Emergency Department Affect Outcome for Stroke Patients?

Introduction: Conflicting data exist regarding the association between the length of stay (LOS) of critically ill patients in the emergency department (ED) and their subsequent outcome. However, such patients are an overall heterogeneous group, and we therefore sought to study the association betwee...

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Main Authors: Minal Jain, Dushyant Damania, Anunaya R. Jain, Abhijit R. Kanthala, Latha Ganti, Babak S. Jahromi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2014-05-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
emergency department
stroke
length of stay
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/0116124j

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http://escholarship.org/uc/item/0116124j

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