ED crowding is associated with an increased time to pneumonia treatment

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 809-812

  Sikka, Rishi ^a   Mehta, Supriya ^b   Kaucky, Carleen ^a   Kulstad, Erik B ^a  

^a ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CROWDING; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BED OCCUPANCY; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SAFETY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956593374     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.06.023     Document Type: Article

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