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Estimated Use of a Pediatric Emergency Department Observation Unit by G.Randall Bond; Christopher B Wiegand§ is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Study objective: To estimate the use of a pediatric ed observation unit, including the number of anticipated admissions per 10,000 pediatric ed visits per year and the distribution of those admissions by age group, by month, and by time of day. ## Methods: Hospital and ed computer records on all ed patients younger than 18 years who were seen during a 2-year period were abstracted for diagnostic, demographic, and time-flow data. we retrospectively reviewed the charts of patients admitted to the hospital and discharged within 24 hours to determine whether discharge in less than 24 hours could have been anticipated and whether the patient could have been cared for in a pediatric ed observation unit. to refine the estimate, we also reviewed the icd-9 discharge diagnoses of patients who were not admitted to the hospital but spent more than 6 hours in the pediatric ed. ## Results: Of 29,667 pediatric ed visits in a 2-year period, 2,940 (10%) resulted in admission. of 626 patients discharged in less than 24 hours, only 410 met the anticipation and pediatric ed observation unit level of care criteria. patients younger than 4 years represented 43% of potential observation unit patients;
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- Author
- G.Randall Bond; Christopher B Wiegand§
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Mosby Inc.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 1097-6760)
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)