Open AccessIncreased Length of Stay of Critically Ill Patients in the Emergency Department Associated with Higher In-hospital Mortality
Author(s) -
Ankur Verma,
Shakti Shishodia,
Sanjay Jaiswal,
Wasil Rasool Sheikh,
Meghna Haldar,
Amit Singh Vishen,
Rinkey Ahuja,
Abbas A Khatai,
Pardeep Khanna
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24018
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , emergency medicine , critically ill , intensive care , retrospective cohort study , mortality rate , intensive care medicine , psychiatry
Emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS) is defined as the time a patient is registered to the time the patient is shifted to a hospital bed or discharged. Increasing demand for quality emergency care has resulted in increased wait times due to demand and supply mismatch. It is perceived that longer LOS in the ED of critical patients leads to poor outcomes. Our goal was to study the impact of LOS in the ED on the patients who required critical care admissions.