Clinical review: Emergency department overcrowding and the potential impact on the critically ill

Critical care constitutes a significant and growing proportion of the practice of emergency medicine. Emergency department (ED) overcrowding in the USA represents an emerging threat to patient safety and could have a significant impact on the critically ill. This review describes the causes and effe...

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Autores principales: Cowan, Robert M, Trzeciak, Stephen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1175862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15987383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc2981
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description Critical care constitutes a significant and growing proportion of the practice of emergency medicine. Emergency department (ED) overcrowding in the USA represents an emerging threat to patient safety and could have a significant impact on the critically ill. This review describes the causes and effects of ED overcrowding; explores the potential impact that ED overcrowding has on care of the critically ill ED patient; and identifies possible solutions, focusing on ED based critical care.
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spelling pubmed-11758622005-07-17 Clinical review: Emergency department overcrowding and the potential impact on the critically ill Cowan, Robert M Trzeciak, Stephen Crit Care Review Critical care constitutes a significant and growing proportion of the practice of emergency medicine. Emergency department (ED) overcrowding in the USA represents an emerging threat to patient safety and could have a significant impact on the critically ill. This review describes the causes and effects of ED overcrowding; explores the potential impact that ED overcrowding has on care of the critically ill ED patient; and identifies possible solutions, focusing on ED based critical care. BioMed Central 2005 2004-10-14 /pmc/articles/PMC1175862/ /pubmed/15987383 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc2981 Text en Copyright © 2004 BioMed Central Ltd
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