Association between long boarding time in the emergency department and hospital mortality: a single-center propensity score-based analysis
Abstract
Once diagnostic work-up and first therapy are completed in patients visiting the emergency department (ED), boarding them within the ED until an in-hospital bed became available is a common practice in busy hospitals. Whether this practice may harm the patients remains a debate. We sought to determine whether an ED boarding time longer than 4 h places the patients at increased risk of in-hospital death. This retrospective, propensity...
Paper Details
Title
Association between long boarding time in the emergency department and hospital mortality: a single-center propensity score-based analysis
Published Date
Nov 15, 2019
Volume
15
Issue
3
Pages
479 - 489
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