Pediatric emergency department management benefits from appropriate early redirection of nonurgent visits.

Summary, in English

Overcrowding at pediatric emergency departments (EDs) may result in delayed clinical management and higher risks of medical error. This study was designed to prospectively evaluate what parents of sick children seek emergency care for and how these patients are being assessed and managed.

• Author: Julia Ellbrant; Jonas Åkeson; Pia Karlsland Åkeson
• Department/s: Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine; Preventive Paediatrics
• Publishing year: 2015
• Language: English
• Pages: 95-100
• Publication/Series: Pediatric Emergency Care
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 2
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25654674?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PEC.0000000000000348
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Topic: Anesthesiology and Intensive Care; Pediatrics
• Status: Published
• Research group: Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine; Preventive Paediatrics
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1535-1815