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Impact of patient isolation on emergency department length of stay: A retrospective cohort study using the Registry for Emergency Care
Author(s) -
O'Reilly Gerard M,
Mitchell Rob D,
Mitra Biswadev,
Noonan Michael P,
Hiller Ryan,
Brichko Lisa,
Luckhoff Carl,
Paton Andrew,
Smit De Villiers,
Cameron Peter A
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/1742-6723.13607
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , interquartile range , triage , isolation (microbiology) , odds ratio , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , prospective cohort study , cohort , pediatrics , psychiatry , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
A major burden of the COVID‐19 pandemic across Australian EDs is the large proportion of suspected COVID‐19 patients requiring isolation procedures. This first study using the Registry for Emergency Care clearly established that requiring isolation in an ED increases a patient's ED length of stay.