Predictors for Admission to Emergency Department More Than 48 Hours

University of Southern Denmark730 enrolled

Overview

In Demark acutely admitted patients are supposed to stay in the Emergency Department (ED) bed ward if the anticipated duration of stay is less than 48 hours. However, it is not a trivial matter to estimate duration of stay for emergency patients. a number of factors affect this, eg. social background, disease, hospital organisation. The aim of this study is to analyse whom are the best among the health staff to predict the length of stay: ED nurses, admitting doctors og the specialist, and to analyse if a number of variables can be used to improve the prediction.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

730

Conditions

Length of Admission

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 15 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: all patients admitted to the Emergency Department - Exclusion Criteria: Children less than 15 years patients transferred from other hospitals \-

Locations (1)

Aabenraa Sygehus Emergency Department

Aabenraa, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

length of admission in hours

participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 76 hours

Time frame: admission to discharge

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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