Adverse events and complications among patients admitted to hospital in the home directly from the emergency department

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 400-405

  Liu, Anita L ^a   McD Taylor, David ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Complications; Hospital in the home

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CODEINE; ENOXAPARIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CONSTIPATION; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISABILITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; THRUSH; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 0036916517     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2002.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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