A Study of the Patients Admitted to the Clinical Decision Unit over One Year.
Ir Med J
; 109(6): 424, 2016 Jun 10.
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| ID: mdl-27814441
ABSTRACT
Clinical decision units (CDUs) are areas within an emergency department (ED) providing care for the patient who may benefit from an extended observation period, usually for a maximum of twenty-four hours. A retrospective patient record audit was performed to determine the characteristics of patients admitted to the Cork University Hospital (CUH) CDU over 12 months. The average length of stay of a patient in the CDU was 29 hours. The most common diagnoses admitted to the CDU were chest pain (9.5%) and headache (7.2%). The research implies that the CDU provided a means for CUH to save approximately 2 million annually.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital
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Toma de Decisiones Clínicas
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Tiempo de Internación
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
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En
Año:
2016
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