Richard D. Zane, MD
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Originally published in Journal Watch Emergency Medicine by Richard D. Zane, MD, FAAEM Nearly 30% of ED boarders at a single tertiary care hospital experienced undesirable events. Emergency department boarding — inpatients in the ED awaiting a hospital bed assignment…
Originally published in Journal Watch Emergency Medicine
by Richard D. Zane, MD, FAAEM
Nearly 30% of ED boarders at a single tertiary care hospital experienced undesirable events.
Emergency department boarding — inpatients in the ED awaiting a hospital bed assignment — is common across the U.S. Although boarding is inconvenient and demoralizing for both patients and providers, few studies have examined outcomes of boarding.
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Is emergency department boarding associated with undesirable events?
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Originally published in Journal Watch Emergency Medicine by Richard D. Zane, MD, FAAEM Repeat chest CT angiography scans have a low yield for diagnosing pulmonary embolism. Computed tomography (CT) angiography of the chest is considered the definitive test for pulmonary…
Originally published in Journal Watch Emergency Medicine
by Richard D. Zane, MD, FAAEM
Repeat chest CT angiography scans have a low yield for diagnosing pulmonary embolism.
Computed tomography (CT) angiography of the chest is considered the definitive test for pulmonary embolism (PE) in the emergency department. Although CT angiography is readily available, it exposes patients to ionizing radiation and iodinated contrast dye (JW …
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Emergency department boarding — inpatients in the ED awaiting a hospital bed assignment — is common across the U.S. Although boarding is inconvenient and demoralizing for both patients and providers, few studies have examined outcomes of boarding.
