Informing the Alfred Registry for Emergency Care Project: An analysis of presenting complaint documentation in an emergency department

OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility of an ED presenting complaint (PC) tool that categorised all ED PCs into 10 categories. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of 1445 consecutive patient encounters was conducted. The primary outcome was the frequency of use of the 10 PC categories. RESULTS: Of the 1...

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Autores principales: White, Matthew, O'Reilly, Gerard M, Mitchell, Rob D, Noonan, Michael, Hiller, Ryan, Mitra, Biswadev, Paton, Andrew, Pristupa, Kathryn, Luckhoff, Carl, Smit, De Villiers, Cameron, Peter A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 2022
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Short Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9546234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35445558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.13984
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility of an ED presenting complaint (PC) tool that categorised all ED PCs into 10 categories. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of 1445 consecutive patient encounters was conducted. The primary outcome was the frequency of use of the 10 PC categories. RESULTS: Of the 1203 patient encounters meeting inclusion criteria, the PC tool was completed by clinicians in 574 (47.7%). When completed, the tool's 10 options were selected for most presentations (72.3%). CONCLUSION: The PC tool captured the majority of presenting complaints in 10 categories. External validation is recommended.

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