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Direct admission to improve timely access to care for patients requiring transfer to a level 1 trauma center

BACKGROUND: Emergency departments (EDs) at level 1 trauma centers are often overcrowded and deny ED-to-ED transfers from lower-tiered centers. Lack of access to timely level 1 care is associated with increased mortality. We evaluated the feasibility of a direct admission (DA) protocol as a method to...

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Autores principales: Safavi, Kyan C, Gaitanidis, Apostolos, Breen, Kerry, Seelen, Mark, Raja, Ali, Velmahos, George C, Dunn, Peter F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7780511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33437873
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2020-000607