Predicting early hospital admissions for emergency department patients at the time of triage
Objective: This study aimed to determine factors predicting hospital admissions at King Abdulaziz Medical City in the emergency department (ED), Rdiyadh, Saudi Arabia. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted at the ED of King Abdulaziz Medical City among adult patients aged ≥14 years tri...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024-03-01
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| Series: | Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://sjemed.com/?mno=201611 |
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| Summary: | Objective: This study aimed to determine factors predicting hospital admissions at King Abdulaziz Medical City in the emergency department (ED), Rdiyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Methods: A retrospective study was conducted at the ED of King Abdulaziz Medical City among adult patients aged ≥14 years triaged in ED and arriving by either paramedic transport or self-referral and presented to ED from 01/01/2021 to 01/01/2022. The data were collected from the patient's medical records and a pre-designed checklist was prepared to collect data.
Results: The majority of patients (88.7%) arrived at the ED walk-ins, as for patient acuity, a substantial segment of the population (86.9%) fell into category 3. Exactly half of the patients reported no known comorbidities. The prior visit to the ED within the past 72 hours was documented in 12.3% of the cases. As for the patients' outcomes post-triage, a large proportion (78.4%) were discharged after their ED visit. The majority of emergency visits were associated with no complications (92.5%), while morbidity was reported among 4.2% and mortality among 3.4% of the visits. The rate of hospital admission was significantly higher among patients aged 25-34 years and 55-64 years, who arrived walk-in, who had patient acuity category "3" and who had no previous ED Visit [SJEMed 2024; 5(3.000): 223-228] |
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| ISSN: | 1658-8487 |