Emergency unscheduled returns: Can we do better?

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1068-1071

  Kuan, Win Sen ^a   Mahadevan, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Emergency department; Emergency re attendance; Emergency unscheduled returns

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; REHYDRATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76649084218     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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