Prolonged Length of Stay in the Emergency Department and Increased Risk of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A nationwide Population-Based Study in South Korea, 2016–2017

Prolonged Length of Stay in the Emergency Department and Increased Risk of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A nationwide Population-Based Study in South Korea, 2016–2017

This study was to determine whether prolonged emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS) is associated with increased risk of in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA). A retrospective cohort with a nationwide database of all adult patients who visited the EDs in South Korea between January 2016 and Dec...

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Main Authors: June-sung Kim, Dong Woo Seo, Youn-Jung Kim, Jinwoo Jeong, Hyunggoo Kang, Kap Su Han, Su Jin Kim, Sung Woo Lee, Shin Ahn, Won Young Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
emergency department crowding
in-hospital cardiac arrest
quality control
length of stay
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/7/2284

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